476 MurRILL: PHILIPPINE POLYPORACEAE 
thick-walled, 5-6 4; hyphae subhyaline, 3-5 #; cystidia none: 
stipe laterally-attached, ascending, cylindrical, subequal, 3-12 cm, 
long, 0.7—1.3 cm. thick, resembling the pileus in surface and 
substance. 
Type collected at Palo, Leyte, on dead stumps, January, 1906, 
by A. D. E. Elmer, zo. 7270. Also collected on Mt. 
Mariveles, Luzon, November, 1904, by Elmer, mo. 6960. 
Elfvingia Elmeri Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus very large,compressed-ungulate, convex above, slightly 
concave below, sessile, dimidiate, very hard, 20 x 25-35 X 4-7 
cm.; surface glabrous, deeply sulcate, tuberculose, horny-en- 
crusted, becoming slightly rimose when old and dry, but never 
weathering, brown with a grayish tinge; margin thick, rounded, 
ferruginous, entire: context ferruginous to fulvous, punky-corky, 
rather firm, 1-2 cm. thick; tubes distinctly stratified, 1-2 mm. 
long each season, fulvous within, mouths circular, regular, 5 to a 
mm., edges rather thin, entire: spores ferruginous, globose, 
smooth, 5-6 4; hyphae ferruginous, 3-4 #; cystidia ventricose, 
fulvous, sharp-pointed, copious, 15-40 yz long. 
Type collected on Mt. Mariveles, Luzon, on dead wood, Nov- 
ember, 1904, by A. D. E. Elmer, wo. 696z. 
ELFVINGIA TORNATA (Pers.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 301. 
1903. Polyporus tornatus Pers.; Gaud. Voy. Freyc. Bot. 173. 
1826. (Type from islands in the Pacific ocean.) Polyporus 
australis Fr. Elench. 108. 1828. (Type from islands in the 
Pacific ocean.) 
Luzon: Mt. Mariveles, E/mer 6916. Culion: Merrill 3572. 
Leyte: Palo, Elmer 7209. 
Fomes luzonensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus dimidiate, umbonate-affixed, compressed-ungulate, very 
convex above, plane or slightly concave below, 4 x 6-8 x I-2 
cm. ; surface zonate, sulcate, glabrous, horny-encrusted, dull- 
brown in the older portions, pale-isabelline on the thin, expanded, 
recent growth; margin acute, narrowly sterile, pallid, undulate, 
straight : context thin, I-2 mm., pale-isabelline, punky-corky ; 
tubes distinctly stratose, isabelline within, 2-3 mm. long each sea- 
son, mouths regular, circular, 5 to a mm., white to isabelline, 
opaque, edges thick, firm, tough, obtuse, entire: spores globose, 
smooth, hyaline, 5 #; hyphae hyaline, 4 p; cystidia none. 
Type collected on the Lamao River, Luzon, 500 m., on a de- 
caying trunk, January, 1904, by R. S. Williams. 
