SECTION PETALOIDES. 



squamaeformis, Borneo, Berkeley. No type exists. 



stereoides, Cuba, Berkeley. Not published but is a manscript name for plants 

 published as stereinus. The reference in Saccardo, p. 219, probably refers to a 

 Brazilian collection which is mutabilis. 



sterinoides, Brazil, Hennings=petaliformis. 



Stuckertianus, South America, Spegazzini. Seems from the description to 

 be rhipidium, the large, type form. 



subflabellum, Africa, Hennings. The types are in alcohol and I can not 

 form much of an opinion of them. 



subpulverulentus, Cuba, Berkeley. A form of rhipidium at the best. 



subverniceps, Philippines, Murrill=pterygpdes. 



subvernicosus, Brazil, Hennings=porphyritis or close to it. It seems to be 

 a slightly thicker plant. 



subzonalis, Australia, Cooke=gallp-pavonis, pale form. 



tomohomiensis, East Indies, Hennings=grammocephalus. 



torquescens, Africa, Saccardo=biokoensis, teste Bresadola=zonalis, teste 

 Patouillard. Unknown to me. 



unguicularis, Mexico, Fries. No type exists. Judging from the description 

 it is probably the same as mutabilis. Mr. Murrill informs us that it is "only 

 known from the type locality" and that he did not examine the spores. As 

 he evidently never saw a specimen, as none exists, it would have been much 

 more strange and worthy of record under the circumstances if he had examined 

 the spores. 



vernicifluus, Tasmania, Berkeley. Type inadequate. 



vibecinus, Africa, Fries. No type exists. From the description it is close 

 to grammocephalus. 



virgineus, United States, Schweinitz=conchifer. 



virax, India, Berkeley. Types at Upsala seem the same as Liebmanni to 

 me on comparison, but I am not so certain that it is the same as stereinus. 



SECTION MERISMUS. 



The section A'lerismus embraces plants that have numerous pilei proceeding 

 from the branching of a common stem or rootstalk. Some of them form very 

 large clusters. We also include here the section Conglobatus where the pilei 

 proceed from a common tubercular core. As a matter of truth the section 

 Conglobatus is quite different from Merismus in its manner of growth, but 

 we include it here in order to reduce the number of sectional names. 



27. SPORES GLOBOSE, ECHINULATE. 



Plants of this section having echinulate, globose spores form a very natural group. 



BERKELEYI. Pilei imbricate, arising from a short, thick stem 

 or root stalk. Surface pale, dull, slightly tomentose and obscurely 

 zoned. Context (/^-i inch thick), white becoming isabelline in old 

 specimens, brittle when dry. Pores large, unequal, white. Spores 

 globose, 8 mic., distinctly echinulate. This is the largest and a quite 

 frequent species in the United States, growing usually at the base of 

 a tree. 



MONTANUS. This is the European analogue of Polyporus 

 Berkeleyi, and has the same surface, context, spores, and general char- 

 acter. It is much smaller and simpler and more regular. It is quite 

 a rare plant in Europe and very few specimens are in the museums. 

 It occurs in the Alpine regions of France, extending east. 



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