general size and in the dark color of the dried pileus. It differs in spores 

 which are globose, 6 mic. (elliptical, 6-8 in pictus), and in the stem which 

 is not "slender, glabrous, attenuate," but is rather thick, bright cinnamon, 

 and minutely tomentose, and retains its color in drying. 



Polystictus (cfr. phocinus). Fomes (cfr. gilvus?). It has setae and 

 hyaline spores, and is close to Polyporus gilvus, but has strata of pores, 

 hence not Polyporus gilvus. Unknown to me. Irpex (Sp.). Fomes (Sp.). 

 Polystictus polydactylis ? Seems to me same as my photograph of type, 

 but should be compared. Daedalea unicolor (very?). Very close, but 

 doubtful. 



WEIR, JAMES L., Idaho (h) : 



A very large and fine collection made in the forests at Priest River, 

 Idaho, an excellent collecting section, judging from the specimens. The 

 collection embraced a number of species that rarely reach me, such as 

 Polystictus aurantiacus, Polyporus alboluteus, and Polyporus amorphus, the 

 latter a common plant in Europe, but very rare in this country, at least in 

 the Eastern States. Mr. Weir's specimens of Polyporus amorphus are the 

 first typical specimens I have seen from our country. The species is not 

 included in our latest compilation (N. A. F.). There are several Western 

 plants in Mr. Weir's collection that are not familiar to me. Mr. Weir 

 also sent many collections of Porias, with which I have not as yet had time 

 to work. 



Polyporus borealis. Polyporus albellus. Polystictus perennis. 



Polyporus tomentosus. These plants are thin and have straight setae 

 and can not be distinguished from Polyporus tomentosus, as it grows 

 in Sweden. The spores (and Mr. Weir sends a spore print, so there is no 

 question) are white in mass, 4 x 5-6, hyaline. On my collection notes made 

 in Sweden, I have the spores recorded "7 x 12, colored," but I can not con- 

 firm it from my dried specimens, and I think probably an error. In our 

 Eastern pine regions we have a plant with a thicker, upper context layer. 

 I have been calling it Polyporus circinatus, as it corresponds to Fries' 

 Icones and differs from tomentosus, as Fries says it does. As no type is 

 preserved of Fries' Polyporus circinatus (he found it only once), and no 

 specimen is known even in Europe that corresponds to his Icones, it is 

 doubtful if our American plant is the same. Our Western and Eastern 

 plants have the same spores and the same setae and, I think, must be held 

 to be forms of the same species. There occurs in Europe (and I have a few 

 collections from the United States) a species that has curved setae and 

 spores 3^-4x6-8, straw colored. This is called Polyporus circinatus by 

 Bresadola and Romell, though it is usually much smaller than Fries' Icones 

 and is pleuropodial. 



Resume. There are, therefore, three (stipitate) forms of Polyporus 

 tomentosus: 1st (typical), with thin context, straight setae; 2d (circinatus, 

 American), thick context, straight setae; 3d (circinatus, European and 

 American), curved setae. 



Trametes suaveolens. Polyporus f rondosus. Paxillus atromentarius ? ? 

 Polyporus. Unnamed, as I believe. Not an Eastern species. Hymenium 

 densely covered with setae. Closely related to Polyporus gilvus. Bovista 



