608 Murritt: THe PoLyPpoRAcEAE oF NortH AMERICA 
not be improved upon at this time on account of lack of material 
for critical study. 
G. nitens (Fries.) Pat. On trunks in tropical America.  Pileus 
large, sessile, semiglobose, chestnut to black, shining, hanging by a 
process behind ; context umbrinous, tubes very long and slender. 
It is quite possible that this is not a distinct species. 
G. neglectum Pat. Pileus sessile, 8-10 cm. broad, reddish- 
black, shining; context brown, tubes white, very short ; spores 
globose, yellow, roughly echinulate, 11 — 12 4. On trunks in 
Nicaragua, 
New York Cry. 
