FAVOLUS BRASILIENSIS (Fig. 258). Pileus white, smooth, 

 but marked with striate lines on the upper surface. Stipe eccentric, 

 usually well developed, and marked with the decurrent pores. Pores 

 elongated, alveolate, white. 



This species is quite common in Brazil, judging from the number 

 of collections in the museums. In the United States it occurs only 

 in the South and is unusual there. It is best known from the collec- 

 tions of Rev. Langlois in Louisiana. At Kew there are specimens 

 from Texas collected by Wright. 



History. Fries named the plant from Brazil, and gave a fairly good picture 

 of it. He also referred here an old name, Merulius daedaleus of Link, which 

 comes in handy for juggling purposes. 



Particularly as the evidence points to the conclusion that Link's plant had 

 not the slightest relationship to Favolus brasiliensis and does not even belong 

 to the genus Favolus. The plant is abundant in the museums of Europe, 

 always under Fries' name. 



THE GENUS HEXAGONA. 



The genus Hexagona is a very common tropical genus, unknown 



Fig. 259. 

 Hexagona cucullata (natural size and pores x 6). 



from temperate regions. It has large, round or hexagonal pores, hence 

 the name. They may well be compared to a honey-comb. The text 



