SOUTHERN POLYPORES 35 



times, 2-4 X 3.5-7 X 0.5-1.5 cm.; surface smooth^ anoderm, 

 azonate, finely villose to glabrous, ochraceous-isabelline to bay- 

 brown; margin rather thick, entire or undulate, becoming red- 

 dish-brown when bruised; context spongy, friable when dry, 

 ochraceous-isabelline, 3-7 mm. thick; tubes rather long, slender, 

 isabelline to pale-fulvous, 3-6 mm. long, mouths angular, 

 averaging 3 to a mm., somewhat irregular with age, edges 

 isabelline, whitish when young, thin, very fragile, subentire; 

 spores ellipsoid or globose, 3 X 2.5 p. 



Occasional in North Carolina on dead deciduous wood, especi- 

 ally hickory. 



2. HAPALOPILUS SUBLILACINUS (Ellis & Ev.) Murrill 



Pileus applanate, dimidiate, 6-7 X 9-10 X 1-2 cm.; surface 

 concentrically striate, zonate, cinereous-gray to avellaneous- 

 fulvous; margin acute, entire; context corky, zonate, 3-5 mm. 

 thick, bright-cinnamon-yellow to pale-fulvous; tubes long, 

 slender, pale-umbrinous within, 5-15 mm., mouths minute, 

 circular, regular, slightly uneven, 5 to a mm., edges obtuse, 

 entire, lilac to umbrinous; cystidia stout, cylindric-conic, 15-20 



X4M- 

 Found only in Louisiana, growing on dead pine logs. 



3. HAPALOPILUS GILVUS (Schw.) Murrill 



Pileus corky, dimidiate, imbricate, applanate or conchate, 

 3-6 X 5-10 X 0.5-1.5 cm.; surface finely tomentose to glabrous, 

 azonate, isabelline to fulvous, often marked with indistinct 

 purplish-fuscous bands, rugulose to uneven; margin thin, fer- 

 ruginous, entire to undulate, abruptly sterile ; context ferruginous, 

 fibrous-spongy to corky, zonate, 3-7 mm. thick; tubes short, 

 slender, avellaneous to grayish-umbrinous within, 3-5 mm. long, 

 often found stratified, especially in the tropics, mouths small, 

 regular, circular to angular, 6-8 to a mm., edges at first thick, 

 pale-ferruginous, becoming thin, entire, glistening, olivaceous- 

 fuscous to purplish-fuscous; spores elongate-ellipsoid, 4-6 

 X 2-4 fj,', cystidia chestnut-colored, ovate-subulate, 15-20 X 



4~5 M- 



Extremely common on dead deciduous wood throughout. 



4. HAPALOPILUS LICNOIDES (Mont.) Murrill 



Pileus thin, coriaceous, flexible, imbricate, dimidiate, often 

 narrowly attached, applanate or conchate, 3-6 X 4-8 X 0.2-0.5 

 cm.; surface multizonate, concentrically striate, finely tomentose 



