Fries gave a crude figure of it in Reliquiae Afzelianae, and from this 

 figure and from Fries' description, there is no doubt in my mind 

 that we have here for the first time in eighty years the exact plant 

 that Fries had. It is most peculiar. There are pure white, mycelial 

 plaques permeating the host (wood) and the context of the irregular 

 pilei is of the same nature. It is analogous, I think, to the mycelial 

 core that is found in Polyporus graveolens and Polyporus corruscans. 

 The minute pores are built almost directly on this white layer with 

 but little true context. The color is dark yellowish (warm buff of 

 Ridgway), and contrasts with the white sublayer. The pores are 

 margined with this white, overlapping layer. The pilei are very 

 irregular, due to its peculiar formation, "indefinite," as Fries ex- 

 presses it. The name incondita "unformed" is not inapt. The 

 hyphae tissue is composed of thickened, irregular cells. The spores 

 are irregular, elliptical or globose, 5-7 to 7-8 mic. hyaline, smooth. 

 Trametes incondita is a most interesting plant. Mr. van der Bijl 

 sends two collections, No. 74, irregular, pileate, No. 71, resupinate. 



HYDNUM ADPRESSUM (Fig. 757), FROM R. P. BURKE, 

 ALABAMA. As I shall call it. It seems to be a Southern plant 



Fig. 757. 



Hydnum adpressum. 



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