NOTE 24. Lenzites trubea. We finally adopt this name for the common species in the United 

 States which we have heretofore called Lenzites protracta. (Cfr. N>tel). While common in the 

 United States, it is rather rare in Europe and it is difficult to find a satisfactory name for the Hiiro 

 pean species. Peck (of course ^ discovered it as a "new species" and named it Lenzites vialis. The>e 

 European plants discovered to be "new species" in America, do not appeal to us very strongly. 

 I have until recently thought it the plant Fries illustrates as Trametes protracta and Trametes pro 

 tracts is so given as a synonym in Bresadola's writings. 



Mr. Romell sends me a quite different plant, namely, the Trametes form of Lenzites sepiaria 

 under the name protracta, and on looking into Fries' writings and illustrations again I am satisfied 

 that he is correct. Orth distributed the plant (I think in Rabenhorsfsexsiccatae > as Trametes trabea. 

 a name which is attributed to Persoon aiid this is the name used by Bresadola, I do not believe that 

 this was Persoon's plant at all according to his description, for he describes gills as "reddish" and 

 compares it to Daedalea quercina. I do not think he would have done so if he hud this plant in view. 

 There is no specimen in Persoon's herbarium. .As we cannot consistently continue to call it Len/i- 

 tes protracta we shall in the future call it Lenzites trabea. though we think that Orth's r.ame ' if any 

 name) should be written after it. There is no evidence wnatever that it is Lenzites trabea in the 

 sense of Persoon. 



NOTE 25. Polystictus rubidus. We recently received a nice collection of tins species from Java 

 from Mr. Mousset and we have it from other Java correspondents. We are beginning to believe 

 that this must be the original Polyporus carneus ( Neesi which came from Java, although I think no 

 one has seen the type. Berkeley called a closely related plant in America. Polyporus carneus and this* 

 name is now well established in American mycology. It has been stated that the American plant is 

 a synonym for Fomes rose us of Europe but I think it will appeal to anyone who has worked with 

 both plants as a mistake. I think the best way out of the muddle will be to continue to call the 

 American plant Polyporus carneus and the Javanese plant Polyporus rubidus. Both arc very closely 

 related to Polyporus Feei of Brazil. 



NOTE 26. Polyporus subolivaceus. I think this is '}\- only valid name we can apply to t> > <-. m- 

 mon, tropical American plant that has been so badly confused. Berkeley named i.ne collection 

 Polyporus subolivaceus (compiled in Sac-jardo as Fomes, which it is not) though Berkeley usually 

 called it Polyporus plebius var. cubensis. There is not the slightest evidence or probability that it 

 had anything to do with Polyporus plebius of New Zealand. Ellis referred it to Polyporus hemileucus 

 which is correct in part, lor two or three different species ( including this one i are included in Poly- 

 porus hemileucus. 



Murrill with his date dictionary, referred it to Poly poms supinus. The only specimen of Polyporus 

 supinus (type) is in the British Museum, a very poor specimen and it is doubtful what it is. I have 

 examined it very carefully and doubt if it is this plant. 



At any rate Mr. MurriU's opinion was probably only a guess, for while he visited London and 

 wrote many opinions on the identity of Schwartz's specimens in the British Museum, he seems to 

 have done so by the inductive method. Shortly after he had published on this subject each of the 

 three attendants in the mycological department of the British Museum told me that to the best of 

 their belief he had never visited the mycological department the Museum. 



NOTE 27. Polyporrs squamosus. Mr. Ballou informs us that he has found this species very abun- 

 dant around New York growing on dead elms It is a rather rare plant in the United States, though 

 unfortunatly too common in Europe. It is there quite a serious disease on shade trees. 



NOTE 28. Ganodermus lucidus "tropical form" This puzzling plant to which we have referred 

 in a previous note is so variable that probably several "species" can be based on it. We get similar 

 plants from several collectors and never from the tropics exactly the same as from Europe. 

 Two collections (Dr. Anna Brockes, Brazil and J. H. Irami. India I have the context marked with 

 narrow distinct zones, a feature never in the temperate region plant. 



