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Described originally from plants collected on dead trees in 



" B. acaulis, submembranaceus fasciatus griseo-albidus villosus, 

 poris difformibus dentatis." 



In his later work Swartz largely supplements the above descrip- 

 tion. Fries probably did not see the plant until after 1821. 

 Resupinate Cuban forms were determined by Berkeley as Poly- 

 porus cavernulosiis Berk. (Hook. Jour. Bot. 8: 235. 1856), 

 first described from Brazil, while semi-resupinate and pileate forms 

 from tropical America and the Gulf States have long been known 



as Poly poms versatilis Berk. (Lond. Jour. Bot. i : 1 50. 1 842 

 described originally from Cuming's collections in the Philippines. 

 This species is fairly common in the West Indies and Central 

 America, and has been collected in quantity by Langlois in Louisi- 

 ana. It appears to grow equally well on deciduous and coniferous 

 wood, and varies much In appearance, consistency and size of pores, 

 on all hosts. 



Louisiana, Langlois; Florida, Calkins; Ja.msiica, £ar/e 430; 

 Cuba, Earle & Mtirrill i6g, 2^4, 550, ^g8, 626 ; Nicaragua, 



Smith, Shi me k. 



3. Funalia cladotricha (B. & C.) 



Polyporus cladotrichtis B. & C. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 10 : 309. 1 868. 

 Collected by Wright on dead wood in Cuba and thus described : 

 " Pileo dimidiato vel e decurrente reflexo strigoso brunneo ; 



pons mediis angulatis, dissepimentis rigidis demum laceratis 

 dentatis." 



" Pileus 2-3 inches broad, 1-2 inches long ; pores ^^ inch in 



diameter, 2 lines deep. The pileus has a spongy strigose coating, 



out not consisting of decumbent fibres as in the last {P. trichomal- 



"■^)- P. endothrix Berk., from the river Amazon, has much small- 

 ler pores. 



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Species inouirendae 

 Polyporus Lindheimeri B. & C. Grevillea i : 50. 1872. De- 







»n Texas as follows : 



"Pileus \\ inch wide, \ long, often laterally confluent, dirty 

 ^^'nite, tinged with ash-color, floccose, here and there slightly stri- 

 gose ; hymenium cinereous ; pores -^^ inch wide, angular." 



