substitute for Forties applanatus, but has since abandoned it. At Kew there is a 

 "type" specimen of rubiginosus from Fries which is Polyporus cuticularis. 

 rubriporus, Europe, Quelet, = Fomes torulosus. 



rudis, Africa, Patouillard, = Fomes Yucatensis, and both could be considered 

 as being Fomes rimosus with setae. 



rudis, West Indies, Leveille, = Polyporus supinus (?). The type is quite old, 

 and the characteristic context color of Polyporus supinus is not sure. Also it is 

 thinner. Murrill refers it as a pale form of Trametes Persoonii, which was a very 

 bad guess, as it has no relation whatever to it. Patouillard published it as a Gan- 

 odermus, also an evident error. 



rufo-pallidus, Europe, Trog. = Fomes roseus, young specimen. Fries' Icones 

 under this name is a good drawing of young Fomes roseus. There is a type from 

 Trog at Paris. 



Sancti Georgii, South America, Patouillard. This has the same surface, 

 context, pores, pore mouths, and spores as Fomes Niaouli, and is too close to keep 

 distinct. The context is of a shade darker color, which is all the difference I can 

 note. I believe it is a "prior" name. 



scansilis, Pacific Island, Berkeley. Based on a diseased condition of Fomes 

 australis when the context has turned white. These conditions are not rare even 

 in European and American forms of Fomes applanatus. I do not know what causes 

 it, but judge it is a disease of some kind. 



sclerodermeus, West Indies, Leveille, = Fomes marmoratus, and is perhaps 

 an earlier name for it. I have not looked up the dates, 

 sclerodes, Cuba, Berkeley. No type exists. 



Secretani, Europe, Orth (as Trametes). Specimen so labeled "Orth in herb." 

 at Paris is Fomes connatus. 



sordidus, "America," Leveille. No type found by me. The only specimen at 

 Paris is from Guadaloupe, and is probably Valenzuelianus. It is endorsed by Le- 

 veille "differs by its pale context," hence it is probably not the type, 

 squalidus, Brazil, Fries. No type exists. 



Stevenii, Russia, Leveille. Specimen is not preserved in any museum I have 

 visited. I have been told that it is in Italy. From the figure and description, I 

 judge it is Fomes leucophaeus. 



subextensus, Philippines, Murrill, = Fomes senex. 



subferreus, West Indies, Murrill, = Fomes dochmius as to the type, also 

 specimen recently distributed (Wien 1908). 



subfomentarius, Brazil, Romell, = Fomes marmoratus, as the author acknowl- 

 edges on a label at Kew. 



subfulvus, West Indies, Cooke. Change of Polyporus rudis (q. v.) of Leveille, 

 which is so indefinite that one name is enough for it. Cooke never saw it, and 

 "subfulvus" would have no application to it. The type is old and very doubtful. 

 Probably it is Polyporus supinus. 



sublinteus, Mexico, Murrill. Not a Fomes, but a Polyporus with colored spores. 

 Based on little pieces in Ellis' herbarium. One piece seems to have had a stem. 



subpectinatus, West Indies, Murrill, = Fomes pectinatus, regular specimens. 

 Spores 2>y 2 rather than 2 mic., as described. Rick distributed this plant as tomes 

 capucinus. 



sulcatus, South America, Cooke, = Fomes hornodermus. The pores are 

 slightly larger and the context not so hard, but I think it is the same species. 



sulcatus, United States, Murrill. Same species as called by same author 

 Fomes zonatus. The name sulcatus is a duplicate (in Fomes), having be 



Swi e etiniae, West Indies, Murrill. Represented at New York by two specimens 

 of quite different context color, and not the same species in my opinion. 



tasmanicus, Tasmania, Berkeley. Type very poor. In my opinion, f < 

 semitostus. 



tenax, South America, Leveille. No type exists. 



tenuis, Europe, Karsten. Usually a Poria, though I once collected a Fomes 

 form. Very common in Sweden, and surely known to Fries, who called it, I think, 

 Poria ferruginosa. For me, it is Poria ferrea. . 



testaceus, Brazil, Leveille. Type at Paris a little deformed specimen of Fomes 

 australis. Used in this pamphlet in the sense of Patouillard, not Leveille. 



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