MYCOLOGICAL BULLETIN 



No 44 "''^^'^ 



^' "^ J.EW YORK 



!/■. ..'. Krllcnnan, I'll. D., Ohio State L'liircrsity ItOTANlCAL 



Columbus. Oliio. Octubcr 1."), ]!»i).3 GARDSN. 



This k- a PoLvroia'S Ni'mber.— We find an excellcni mycolngica! 

 i^lijssary and classiticd list of descriptive terms by Dr. Wni. A Murrill, 

 N, Y. Bot. Garden, pnlilished in Torreya, which has particular advantages 

 io the student of the Polyporaceae — hence we present it below. 



.Moreover. IVIurriil's key lo tlie perennial species of Polyporaceae will 

 prove of value to many of the r>i lletin readers — that also we copy with 

 acknowledgements to the aiulior, and magazine from which it is taken. 



It will be noticed that Dr. Murrill has wisely or unwisely split up 

 the old genus Poly/Uinis. an.d, therefore, several new generic r.ames will 

 l;e encuuntered in the key. 



'I he two illustrations sliow one of our commonest species of Polyporus; 

 others of the^c conspicuous fungi will he given in future Numbers. 



Key to the Pekfxxi.\l PoLvroK.\eE.\E. 



(.Idapicd from Murrill in Torreya, Noz: I'.HM) 



llymenium at first concealed by a voh'a Cryflotiorns. 



livmenium free from the first (a). 



((.'). Surface covered with, reddisli \arnish, context corky.... 



(Janodcrina. 



(a). Surface not colored with reddish varnish, or, if so, context 

 woody (/■)• 



(/'). Context and lubes white or pallid Ponies. 



{!')■ Context and tubes brown or dark red (c). 



((■^ Hymenophore subsessile, caespitose, arising from 



a common trunk or tubercle Globifoincs. 



(c). Hymenoiiliore truly sessile, dimidiate or ungulate, 

 simple or iniiiricate ('/). 

 ((/). Pileus covered with a horny crust, context 



punky LUfiiui^ia. 



((/). Pileus not covered with a horny crust or if 



en<rnsicd. c(nUext woody, ferruginous . .Pyropolyporus. 

 ih). C(.)nte\t dark iiuqile or black Nigrofoiius. 



TeKM.S Al'l'l.lEI) TO THE SrUFACE AND Sl'RFACE APPENDAGES OE FUNC.I. 



(Copied from Murrill. in 'Porreya. April 190.").) 



l'"or words not expiained here, see the IMycological Glossary previously 

 pul)lished in this Bulletin. 



1. Relating to form: — applanate^ />/(/»('," i glaI)rous, smooth, even, de- 

 liressed, concave, expanded,- explanate, contorted, convex, compressed, 

 resupinate, crustaceous. 



2. Relating to texture: — mucedinous, confervoid, fibrous, gelatinous, 

 trcnicHoid,* soft, waxy, srbneeous. '-craceuus. lleshy, carnose, membran- 

 <ni;-., inembranaccous, spongy, bibulou-, h\gronietric. scariose,'^ searious, 

 \y<\v)i.'vy,t^afyraecous. chartaeeous, crustaceous, carlionaceous, cartilaginous, 

 leathery, eoriaeeoiis, corky, suberose, woody, ligneous, indurated, bony, 

 osseous, horny, corneous, rigcscent.' rigid, elastic, anoderm,'' tunicate, 



LOpelliculose," corticate, encrusted, pellicle, cortex, peridium. ^ 



O^ "Tcnns piin'.id in it'ilirs aro niactically synonyniuus with those iircccdintr them. 



*"" Note. — 1, flat; :.'. spread <ut; .i, dry and nitinhranous; 4, nearly rigid; r>, without 



CO a crust or skin. 



University Bulletin. Ser'es 9. No. 32. Entered as Second Qass Mattel . Pcst-office .it Columbus. Ohio 

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