America." The only other specimen I have seen that approaches it is a col 

 lection from Madagascar which I would refer here as a'form although i is 

 pale and different from all American specimens. It varies in color from 

 pale brown to dark brown, but no more than any other similar species, such 



Fig. 262. 



Polystictus pinsitus. 



as Polystictus hirsutus. Its peculiar character is the pores. I know no other 

 species with such pores. They are broad in proportion to the depth, and 

 for this reason have been classed as Hexagona. Indeed, in Saccardo it is 

 found both in Hexagona and Polystictus. 22 The pores vary in 'size even in 



21 The following other records are printed: India and New Zealand, both based on 

 species abundantly different. Mauritius, based on an error of labeling. Taken from Hook- 

 er's herbarium, where it is found only from Cuba. Manila, Sarawak, Borneo, and Algeria. 

 I do not know as to the last-named, but the three preceding are errors due to referring here 



Polystictus dermatodeus, as a synonym. 



22 If I were engaged in hunting for "new genera" in the polyporoids, I should surely 

 find one here, for few other Hexagona or Polystictus have such pores. They are as large as 

 the pores of other "Hexagonas," such as tenuis, but are irregularly angular, thin, while the 

 character of the "small"-pored Hexagonas is the regularity of the pores. 



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