FUSCUS. CONTEXT BROWN. 



"scaber" type seems to have been received in Europe, but the Mauritius "type" 

 turned out to be a frequent species in many countries, particularly the United 

 States and South Africa, and has become well established under the name Fomes 

 rimosus. 



SPECIMENS. Australia, Rev. James Wilson. 



FOMES NIAOULI. Pileus unguliform, or thick, applanate, with dark brown 

 or black, matted, tomentose surface. Context color dark brown (Argus). Pores 

 minute, with concolorous tissue and darker brown velutinate mouths. Setae, none. 

 Spores globose, 6 mic., deeply colored. 



The original is from New Caledonia. The type is the same as Fomes rimosus 

 in context color, spores a little larger, but if it has any value as a species distinct 

 from Fomes rimosus, it lies in its surface characters. In another collection I have 

 the context is darker, and this agrees with Fomes badius, except as to surface. It is 

 compiled in Saccardo as Polyporus, due to Saccardo not being able to translate 

 Patouillard's dialect. 



SPECIMENS. Cotype, from P. Hariot. 

 Compare Merrillii. 



FOMES FASTUOSUS. Pileus thin, }/ 2 -\ cm., sessile. Surface 

 dark brown, dull, with raised zones, minutely velvety. Context 

 yellow brown (Raw Sienna), hard. Pores minute, round, concolorous, 

 or slightly darker, 2-4 mm. long. Hyphae deep yellow. Setae, none. 

 Spores globose, 4-5 mic., deeply colored. Known to me only from the 

 type at Paris from Singapore, and at Berlin specimens from the 

 Philippines. Leveille so named three specimens at Paris: the type 

 from Singapore, no setae; from lies Seychelles with setae, and which 

 is Fomes senex; from Brazil a specimen which is Polyporus gilvus. 

 Fomes fastuosus is a thin plant, perhaps a Polyporus. 





Fig. 592. 

 Fomes rhytiphloeus. 



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