dissectus, Chile, Leveille. Type at Paris too poor for comment. Probably 

 a little frustule of Polyporus adustus. 



dissitus, Ceylon, Berkeley = Polyporus adustus. 



dolosa, Java, Leveille as Thelephora (sic) = Polyporus conchoides. Type at 

 Paris. While the mistaking of a Polyporus as a Thelephora is about as bad a mis- 

 take as one can make, the pores of Polyporus conchoides are so minute, they are 

 liable to be overlooked. I have taken it for a Stereum myself, so I can not criticize 

 too severely others who have done it. Fortunately, I found my mistake before I 

 broke into print. 



Dozyanus, Java, Leveille. No specimens exist. 



dryophilus, United States, Berkeley = corruscans of Europe, which is the oak 

 form of Polyporus rheades q. v. for history. 



Dussii, West Indies, Patouillard. Unknown to me. Seems close to Oerstedii. 



endocrocinus, United Stated, Berkeley. Only known from the type locality 

 (Cincinnati) being based on a young specimen of Polyporus hispidus sent by Lea. 

 Morgan incorrectly referred it as synonym for Polyporus Pilotae which is Polyporus 

 croceus, and Ellis distributed (2508) Polyporus croceus erroneously as Polyporus 

 endocrocinus. Murrill referred the type to Polyporus hispidus, and the reference 

 has since been disputed on the sheet at Kew. I have no doubt Murrill is right. 

 The type does have setae, but setae in all this group of plants are very uncertain 

 characters. 



endozonus, West Indies, Fries. No specimen exists. Guessed by Murrill to 

 be Polyporus gilvus, probably correctly. 



epigeus, Europe, Link. Specimens in his herbarium Berlin are Polyporus 

 amorphus as now known. This shows the plant was long known before Fries named 

 it. 



erubescens, Europe, Fries. I think based on discolored Polyporus mollis and 

 the picture cited Rostk. t. 25 I think also is discolored Polyporus mollis. 



erythroporus, Europe, Orth. Unknown to me. Description suggests white 

 Polyporus amorphus but grew on beech. 



evolutus, Cuba, Berkeley = Polyporus concrescens. 



farinosus, Europe, Brefeld. Compare Brefeld vol. 8 t. 7. Known to no one 

 else. Something abnormal apparently tending towards Ptychogaster. Were it 

 not for the different spores, the habits and appearance of the figure is like Polyporus 

 amorphus. 



fuscolutescens, Europe, Fuckel. Said to be resupimate Polyporus nodulosus. 



Fendzleri, Cuba, Berkeley. Type resupinate and inderterminable. 



fibrillosus, Finland, Karsten. This was published in 1859 (not 1882 as in- 

 correctly stated) and Karsten has since substituted another plant apparently. I 

 have not access to the original publication but in 1876 Karsten admits that it was 

 a synonym for Polyporus vulpinus and described it as "fulvus". Polyporus vulpinus 

 is a brown plant. In his exsiccatae he distributes an orange red plant under this 

 name, which has been called Polyporus aurantiacus by Peck. Karsten acknowl- 

 edged to Fries that his Polyporus 'fibrillosus was same a's vulpinus, a brown species, 

 and I do not know whether he has since substituted another plant or whether he 

 mistook a bright orange red species as being brown. In either case I do not think 

 it has much value. 



Fici, Tunise, Patouillard = Polyporus Oerstedii for me. If distinct it is in having 

 a darker crust. 



fimbriporus, United States, Schweinitz = Polyporus fragilis, probably (cfr. 

 Letter 50). 



flammans, India, Berkeley. Known only from broken type at Kew. It has 

 brown flesh and pores, no setae, and probably hyaline spores. It goes in Section 95. 

 Its manner of growth can not be told from the fragments, but certainly not a Meris- 

 mus as classed by Cooke, nor is there any application of the name "flammans" 

 to it. It might be recognized on comparison if found again, but the best way would 

 be to call it a "new species" and give it a suitable name. 



formosissimus, South America, Spegazzini. Unknown to me except from 

 specimens I have received so named which I think are same as Polyporus Chaffange- 

 oni. Patouillard referred it to Polyporus resinaceus but all three are about the same 

 thing. Bresadola has published it as same as renidens. 



Friesii, Europe, Bresadola = the indurated form of Polyporus rheades which 

 Fries called Polyporus fulvus "Scop." 



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