608 MuRRiLL : The Polyporaceae of North America 



not be improved upon at this time on account of lack of material 

 for critical study. 



G. nitcns (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 //. On trunks in; 

 Nicaragua, 



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