NOTE 405. Hexagona Burchelli, from Prof. T. Fetch, Ceylon. There occurs in the East 

 nn ?t t f nU K S SeCti n> that devel Ps a reddish stain in the manner of TraTnt- 



It seems to be common, particularly in Africa. There is a large-pored form 

 sm .all-pored form (about j 20 to a cm.). The " 



distinctive, specific names. 



-,,-J* T 4 06. Trametes cupreo-rosea, from Rev. C. Torrend, Brazil. A form with round 

 pores also the usual form with elongated pores. Trametes cupreo-rosea can be distinguished 

 from Trametes Feei by its large pores. Feei has minute pores. 



NOTE 407. Polyporus subfulvus, from Rev. C. Torrend, Brazil. Rev. Torrend finds this 

 frequent and quite variable as to attachment. Sometimes resupinate with effused maYgin 

 sometimes with a broad attachment and sometimes petaloid with distinct, but short, lateral 

 ?u e V T rt , ln section Petaloides. There are abundant specimens at New York from 

 the West Indies and one collection from Mississippi. I do not otherwise know it from our 

 t't iT* 1 Murrill discovered it was a "new species" and. called it Polyporus ochro- 



NOTE 408. Polyporus substygius, from J. Umemura, Japan. I make the spores globose 

 (sSn^rin^VdtrSectfon ^f^ 1 ' PUbHShe<L ^ Pl " t WonBB * gUVUS a " ianCe 



NOTE 409. Poria aurantio-tingens, from A. Yasuda, Japan. I know very few Porias 

 but this peculiar species I do know. It was named from Mexico, and Murrill, who inci- 

 dentally discovered that it was a "new genus,'' informs us that its distribution is Mexico. 

 Its distribution is probably the tropical world. I gathered it abundantly in Florida and have 

 specimens from the Philippines, which when received were mislabeled afi Poria borbonica, a 

 quite different plant from the description. It is peculiar in the orange coloration it imparts 

 to the wood. Berkeley probably has a name for it, but no one knows what Berkeley named in 

 the Porias. 



NOTE 410. Hydnum helvolum. This is an analogue, probably a thin form of Hydnum 

 pulcherrimum, a white, sessile plant that becomes reddish in drying. Neither Leveillu's de- 

 scription nor name, drawn from the dried specimen, has much application to it. Hydnum 

 roseo-maculatum from Java is the same thing. The pilei are sessile to a reduced base.- 



NOTE 411. Hydnochaete Japonica, from A. Yasuda, Japan. Resupinate, with no distinct 

 margin, hard, rigid. Context thick, dark, mummy brown. Imbedded in the context are rigid, 

 thick, deep-colored, pointed setae, similar to those found in Femes pachyphloeus (cfr. Fig. 600, 

 Fomes Synopsis). Surface tubercular, with small dense, rigid tubercules, paler (brown) than 

 the context. Tubercules densely covered with setae projecting 40 to 50 mic. Spores not 

 found, no doubt white. The genus Hydnochaete is for me an artificial genus, which could 

 be defined as a Hymenochaete with warts, or as a colored Grandinia with setae. Only two 

 species have been proposed for it, as follows : Hydnochaete badia, from Brazil, which is quite 

 similar to the eye, but a thin plant with different structure. Hydnochaete ferruginea, also 

 from Brazil, but belonging to a "new genus" (Pheaohydnochaete, teste McGinty) with colored, 

 verrucose spores. The latter species is unknown to me. 



NOTE 412. Xylaria anisopleuron, from A. Yasuda, Japan. This is a tropical species, 

 and they have never been critically worked. I have photographs of most of the types, and 

 from the photographs the following species cannot be told apart anisopleuron, South Amer- 

 ica, Montagne ; torrulosa, South America, Sp'egazzini ; platypoda, South America, Li-veillt' ; 

 Massula, Borneo, "Nobs," his "nobs" being Cesati ; phosphorea, Australia, Berkeley ; aspera, 

 Malay, Cooke. The first species has large spores, recorded 10 x 35, the next two unrecorded, 

 and the remainder small spores, about 10 mic. long. The Japanese plant has spores 8 x 28. It 

 is probable that of these six discoveries there are two species, one with large spores, the other 

 with small spores. 



NOTE 413. Polystictus subpictilis, from P. van de Bijl, South Africa. This has same 

 color and characters as Polyporus anebus, but it is a much thinner plant with a harder sur- 

 face with raised zones. To the eye it resembles Polyporus licnoides, but differs in absence of 

 setae. In our Polyporus pamphlet, page 387, we referred it as a doubtful synonym, but on 

 the strength of this specimen we feel that it should be recognized as a species. It was named 

 from New Guinea. 



NOTE 414. Ptychogaster, from R. P. Burke, Alabama. All the plants of this "genus" 

 are no doubt conidial derivatives of Polyporus species. Very curious, but they change so it 

 is hard to trace them to the normal form. There is one of them, Ptychogaster albus, quite 

 frequent in Sweden, but I never saw this one before. Cfr. The Genus Ptychogaster in Myco- 

 logical Notes Polyporoid Issue, No. 2. The spores of this specimen are very peculiar (for 

 conidial spores). Globose, 8-10 mic., smooth, with thick walls and a guttulate center. 



NOTE 415 Trametes Persooriii. "The imbricate form of this species on a thick subicu- 



lum is a common form here, but the thick, pulvinate form is rarer. Sometimes specimens 

 are caught by the dry weather and the development arrested before they acquire the dark 

 lower surface or the reddish stain on the top. I believe that Trametes versiformis is Trame- 

 tes Persoonii dried before the color change." Letter from T. Fetch, Ceylon. 



