TRAMETES ALBOTEXTA, FROM P. VAN DER BIJL, AF- 

 RICA (Fie. 868). Pileus sessile, 2-3x4-5 inches, an inch thick. 



surface reddish 

 brown, dull, matt, 

 soft. Context red- 

 dish brown, thin, 

 soft. Pores rigid, 

 small, round, an 

 inch long. Pore 

 tissue white, con- 

 trasting with the 

 brown hymenium 

 so that a section is 

 variegated. Cysti- 

 dia none. Spores 

 pale brown, small, 

 elliptical-subglo- 

 bose, 3-4 x 4-5. 

 The coloration of 

 the surface, pore 

 surface and context 

 is reddish brown, the tissue of the pores white. I know no other 

 Trametes or polyporoid with this peculiar color pore contrast. The pale 

 colored spores might be the basis for a "new genus," but I think that 

 would be "inutile." 



ABNORMAL FAVOLUS. Plants that impress me as being 

 anomalies or sports not infrequently reach me. We present two 

 below that we think are derivatives from Favolus europaeus, though 

 they have no resemblance to each other, and little to the usual form 

 of Favolus europaeus. Nor can we explain why we think they are 

 sports of this species, but we do. 



FAVOLUS KAUFFMANII (Fig. 869). Pileus pale liver color, 

 smooth. Pores favoloid, with thick walls. Spores 4 x 12-14 hyaline, 

 with lateral apiculi. 



Based on a collection (No. 31) from Dr. C. H. Kauffman, Mich- 

 igan. I think it is a variation of Favolus europaeus, but Dr. Kauff- 



Fig. 868. 



Fig. 869. 

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