Par? 1, 1907] POLYPORACEAR 43 
margin thick, usually obtuse, concolorous, entire: context white, soft, punky, very juicy 
when fresh, with a strong fungous odor, usually attacked by insects ; tubes slender, 3-5 mm. 
long, opaque, white to discolored.within, mouths minute, circular to very slightly angular, 
edges thick, entire, becoming rather thin, sordid-white to umbrinous or fuliginous in dried 
specimens, isabelline when bruised: spores globose, ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-8, in 
diameter. 
Type collected at Falls Church, Virginia, on decayed spots in living trunks of Robinia Pseuda- 
cacia, July 11, 1904, W. A. Murrill. 
DISTRIBUTION: Pennsylvania to Virginia and Missouri. 
3. Trametes suaveolens (I,.) Fries, Gen. Hym. 11. 1836. 
Boletus suaveolens l,. Sp. P1.1177. 1753. 
Polyporus suaveolens Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 366. 1821. 
Polyporus odorus Sommerf. Suppl. Fl. Lapp. 275. 1826.—Fries, Elench. Fung. 90. 1828. 
Trametes odora Fries, Epicr. Myc. 491. 1838.—Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 32: 637. 1905. 
Pileus large, subimbricate, dimidiate, sessile, convex above, plane or concave below, 
4-6X 5-12 X 1-3 cm.; surface smooth, anoderm, azonate, finely villese-tomentose to nearly 
glabrous, white to pale-isabelline; margin thick, sterile, entire: context white, punky- 
corky, 1-2 cm. thick, very fragrant when fresh, with the odor of anise; tubes 5-15 mm. 
long, white within, mouths circular, 2 to a mm., edges at first very thick, white, entire, 
becoming thinner and often blackish with age: spores oblong-ovoid, subsinuate, smooth, 
hyaline, 8-9 X 3-5; hyphae 74; cystidia none. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden. 
HABITAT: Decaying trunks of willow. 
DISTRIBUTION : Throughout the northern hemisphere. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Sow. Engl. Fungi £/. 228 ; Hussey, Ill. Brit. Myc. f/. 47. 
ExsiccaTr: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 10; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1206; Shear, N. VY. Fungi 
173 ; Cavara, Fungi Longob. 16. 
4. Trametes cubensis (Mont.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 198. 1891. 
Polyporus cubensis Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. I1.8: 364. 1837.— Mont. Pl. Cell. Cuba 404. 1842. 
Cubamyces cubensis Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 32: 480. 1905. 
Pileus large, applanate, dimidiate, sessile, corky, rigid or subrigid, comparatively thin, 
5-10 & 10-20 & 0.5-1.5 cm. ; surface pelliculose, finely tomentose to glabrous, slightly con- 
centrically zoned or furrowed, white to isabelline, latericeous or bay behind or in blotches, 
or rarely over the whole surface; margin thin, obtuse, sterile, white, entire or undulate: 
context soft, punky, white to slightly yellowish, 3-10 mm. thick; tubes 2-5 mm. long, 
slender, firm, corky, mouths very even, regular, circular, 4 toa mm., edges thick, entire, 
white to ochraceous: spores smooth, hyaline. 
Type LOCALITY: Havana, Cuba. 
HaBitTatT: Dead wood. 
DISTRIBUTION : Southern Florida, West Indies, and Central America. 
ILLUSTRATION : Mont. Pl. Cell. Cuba p/. 16, f. 3. : 
5. Trametes submurina Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus broadly effused, reflexed, imbricate, sessile, dimidiate, laterally connate, 1-2.5 
<.3-5 K 0.5-1.5 cm. ; surface rough, uneven, anoderm, finely tomentose, murinous, some- 
times almost white; margin rather thick, undulate, pallid: context white, zonate, fibrous- 
corky, firm, 5-8 mm. thick; tubes 1-2 mm. long, white to slightly yellowish within, mouths 
circular, quite regular, 4-5 to a mm., edges rather thick, entire, becoming thinner and 
slightly dentate; white to discolored: spores smooth, hyaline. 
Type collected at Hope Gardens, Jamaica, on old logs, November 16, 1902, #. S. Earle 483. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica; Cuba; St. John. 
6. Trametes subnivosa Murrill, sp. nov. 
7 Pileus imbricate, sessile, dimidiate, laterally connate, very rigid when dry, 3-5 «6-8 
<1 em.; surface finely tomentose to glabrous, smooth, anoderm, opaque, white to sordid- 
white, azonate; margin thin, irregular, undulate, sterile, pallid: context zonate, white to 
discolored, fibrous-corky, very firm, 4-7 mm. thick; tubes 24 mm. long, white within, 
