Part 1, 1907] POLYPORACEAE 11 
13. Fomitiporia laminata Murrill, sp. nov- 
Broadly effused, extending many centimeters along branches, inseparable, elongate- 
elliptical to irregular, rigid, 0.5-1 cm. thick; margin thin, adnate, nearly entire, ferruginous 
to fulvous, finely tomentose, narrow: context thin, inconspicuous, fulvous; hymenium 
very smooth, convex, glistening, distinctly and several times stratified, the layers separated 
by narrow, regular, fulvous lines; tubes 2-3 mm. long each season, usually oblique, 
whitish-stuffed, grayish-umbrinous within, mouths subcircular, 5 to a mm., edges thick, 
entire, ferruginous to fulvous, becoming avellaneous to umbrinous with age: spores 
globose, smooth, hyaline, 5“; hyphae ferruginous; cystidia none. 
Type collected at ‘‘ Camp Sunday,” in Medford township, Piscataquis County, Maine, on dead 
alder trunks, August 28, 1905, W. A. Murrill 1923. 
DISTRIBUTION: Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Ontario. 
14. Fomitiporia ohiensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Broadly effused, separable, irregular, coriaceous to rigid, 5-10 mm. thick; margin 
thin, broad, adnate, indefinite, finely tomentose, fulvous: context very thin, fulvons, 
plane, even, subglistening, fulvous to nearly fuliginous, more or less distinctly stratified in 
2 or 3 layers, separated by thin fulvous cushions; tubes 2-4 cm. long each season, umbri- 
nous within, not whitish-stuffed, mouths oblique, subcircular, edges rather thick, entire, 
fulvous when young, bay-brown when bruised: spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 44; 
hyphae very pale-ferruginous; cystidia none. 
Type collected in Ohio, on hardwood logs, C. G. Lloyd 3130. 
DISTRIBUTION : Ohio. 
15. Fomitiporia flavomarginata Murrill, sp. nov. 
Effused, rigid, perennial, 5-7 X10 0.3 cm.; margin thin, flavous, at length black, 
separating at times from the substratum: context thin, fulvous; tubes distinctly 2-3 times 
stratified, rigid, regular, nearly circular, 1.5 mm. long each season, 7-8 to a mm , umbri- 
nous within and without, flavous in the older layers, mouths entire, rather thick-walled, 
glistening, at length fuliginous: spores smooth, globose, hyaline, thin-walled, copious, 
3-4; hyphae ferruginous; cystidia scanty, ferruginous, conical, pointed, 5X 18. 
Type collected at Alto Cedro, Cuba, on decayed hardwood logs in a dense virgin forest, March 
19, 1905, F.S. Harle &@ W. A. Murrill 559, 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
16. Fomitiporia jamaicensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Effused, elliptical, seceding with age, rigid, 5 mm. thick; margin thin, adnate, nar- 
rowly sterile, isabelline to fulvous, nearly glabrous, subentire: context inconspicuous, 
fulvous; hymenium convex, even, isabelline to umbrinous, distinctly stratified in 3 or 4 
layers separated by very thin, fulvous cushions; tubes 2 mm. long each season, whitish- 
stuffed, avellaneous-umbrinous within, mouths circular, irregular, 5-7 toa mm., edges thin, 
undulate: spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, copious, 7“; hyphae bright-ferruginous ; 
cystidia none. 
Type collected at Castleton, Jamaica, on a dead grape-fruit tree, October 28, 1902, #. S. Earle 
215. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
17. Fomitiporia Maxoni Murrill, sp. nov. 
Effused, inseparable, narrow, rigid, woody, 5-8 cm. long, 5 mm. thick, mostly confined 
to crevices in the bark ; margin thin, adnate, irregular, broadly sterile, finely tomentose, 
ferruginous : context conspicuous, fulvous; hymenium distinctly but unevenly stratified, 
glistening, changing color with the direction of the light from isabelline-avellaneous to 
umbrinous ; tubes 1-2 mm. long each season, whitish-stuffed, avellaneous-isabelline within, 
mouths subcircular to slightly angular, regular, 6 toa mm., edges rather thick, firm, en- 
tire: spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, copious, 5-6; hyphae ferruginous, 3-4; cys- 
tidia none. 
Type collected in the vicinity of Santo Domingo de San Mateo, Costa Rica, 300 meters, on a 
decayed hardwood log, May 15-17, 1906, W. R. Maxon 587. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
