358 • The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. XI, No. 8, 



Known as Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. A very abun- 

 dant and rather variable species, common on dead decid- 

 uous wood, especially of the beech and elm. The pileus is 

 white or pallid and the hymenium is smoke-colored in the 

 young plants, but becomes black in older specimens. It is 

 .' • sometimes found partly resupinate and always much imbri^- 

 cated. From August until winter. 



Illu.strations : Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 501, f. 2; vSow. Eng. 

 Fungi pi. 231. 



28. Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) Karst. Medd. Soc. Faun. Fl. 



Fenn. .) : 3S. 1879. 

 ; Boletus fiimosus Pers. 



Known as Polyporus fumosus (Pers.) Fr. This plant is 

 closely related to the preceding species, but is larger and 

 thicker. The hymenium is lighter in color and the mouths 

 of the tubes are larger and more irregular. On willow and 

 elm. Common. 



29. Bierkandera puberula (Berk. Sz Curt.) Alurrill, N. Am. 



Flora 9 :41. 1907. 

 Daedal ea puberula Berk. & Curt. 



More commonly kno^^'n as Polyporus puberula Berk. & 

 Curt., and P. fragrans Peel-:. This plant can be easily recog- 

 nized by its fragrant odor which persists even after the 

 plant has been dried. The tubes are dark colored; the 

 mouths are large, unequal, and becoming lacerate at matur- 

 ity. Found most frequently on dead elm wood, from Octo- 

 ber until DeccmVjer. 



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30. Trametes suaveolens (L.) Fries, Gen. Hymen. 11. 18c 

 Boletus suaveolens L. 



Also known as T. odora Fr. The willow tree is the only 

 host of this species. Probably rare in Ohio. 



Illustrations: Hussey, 111. Brit. Myc. pi. 43; Sow. Eng. 

 Ftuigi pi. 228. 



31. Piptoporus suberosus (L.) MiuTill. Jour. Myc. 9 : 94. 1903. 

 Boletus suberosus L. 



Generally known as PolyiDorus betulinus (Bull.) Fr. 

 Common in the northern imrt of the state on birch trees. 



Illustrations; Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 312; Sow. Eng. Fungi 

 pi. 212; Hard, p. 40S, f. 337. 



Porodisculus pendulus (Schw.) Murrill, N. Am. Flora 9 : 47. 



1907. 

 Peziza pendula Schw^ 



Also known as Polyi^orus pocula (Schw.) Berk. 8c Curt., 

 and as P. cupulacformis Berk. & Curt. Found on chestnut 

 and sumac bushes. Rare. 



