SECTION MERISMUS. 



lactifluus, United States, Peck=Berkeleyi. 



lobatus, Europe, Hudson. Unknown. Fries cites Schacffer, t. 316 & 317, 

 which are too crude to even be cited. Although attributed to Hudson, this 

 plant was never known to English mycologists. 



Merrittii, Philippines, Murrill=sordulentus. 



multiceps, South America, Patouillard. Unknown to me. 



multifida, Portorico, Klotzsch (as Thelephora)=:fimbriatus, testc Bresadola 

 on a label. 



Oleae, Europe, Panizzi. Unknown to any one I think. 



Oxyporus, Europe, Sauter. Unknown to any one I think. 



Pauletii, Europe, Fries. Based on an old crude figure from which nothing 

 whatever can be told. 



plumarium, Cuba, Berkeley (as Hydnum)=:fimbriatus. Some of the "plumes" 

 are sterile, proliferous pilei on this particular type specimen. While there are 

 many specimens of the plant in the museums under many names, I think the 

 "plumes" are "only known from the type locality." 



ramosissimus. An old name often used as a juggle for umbellatus. 



ramosus, United States, Schweinitz. Published? Poor specimens, but 

 authentic, are frondosus. 



Rostafinskii, Europe, Blonski. Unknown to me, but the description seems 

 to be sulphureus. 



rttbricus, India, Berkeley. Based on decayed, discolored specimens of sul- 

 phureus. 



scabriusculus, Australia, Berkeley. No type exists. 



sparassioides, South America, Spegazzini (as Craterellus)=fimbriatus. 



speciosus. An ancient relic of Europe, 1755, alleged to be the same and 

 used as a cheap juggle for Polyporus sulphureus. 



subgiganteus, United States, Berkeley,=Berkeleyi, as Berkeley did not seem 

 to know his own namesake. 



Sumstinei, United States, Murrill,=the common Polyporus giganteus both 

 of Europe and the United States and which has not the slightest difference 

 as it grows in either country. I should think Mr. Sumstine would feel quite 

 proud of the honor. 



Todari, Europe, Inzenga=sulphureus. 



trichrous, United States, Berkeley. No type exists. 



Warmingii, Brazil, Berkeley^fimbriatus. 



SECTION SPONGIOSUS. 



The section Spongiosus embraces those species with soft, light, spongy flesh. 

 These characters are more strongly evident in the dried specimens. 



33. CONTEXT PALE OR WHITE. SPORES WHITE. 



RUFESCENS (Fig. 456). Pileus soft, spongy, hirsute. Pores 

 large, daedaloid, pale flesh color when fresh. Spores are globose, 8 

 mic., hyaline, smooth. Also usually abundant, conidial spores 4x6, 

 hyaline, smooth, oval. Not rare in Europe and quite variable. When 

 well developed with a mesopodal stem as shown in Fig. 456 and Per- 

 soon's Icones Pictae t. 6, often more pleuropodal stem, Sow. t. 191, 

 or lateral stem or even dimidiate (var. flabelliforme of Persoon). ] 

 the United States perfect forms occur but very rarely. A distorted 

 form is more frequent, called Polyporus distortus. The pores of th< 

 European form are large and daedaloid and in France it is often call 

 Daedalea biennis. In the United States there is not such a strong 

 daedaloid tendency. The two following should be held as lorn 



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