Fig. 876. 



Fig. 877. 



STEREUM SULCATUM, FROM JAMES R. WEIR, IDAHO 



(Fig. 878). This species was named by Burt, but as it has been pub- 

 lished by Peck, I suppose it is public 



property now. It is a hard, rigid plant, 



with a reflexed pileus and white hy- 



menium, which turns red when bruised. 



Context white, hard, with a yellowish 



cast. Spores globose 5-6 mic. , hyaline, 



smooth. Cystidia few, but large, typ- 

 ical, thick-walled metuloids. I do not 



make out any ducts found in most Ste- 



reums that bleed, but no doubt they are 



present. 



The species is a "Lloydella," but 



the author does not take Bresadola's 



views on "Lloydella" as seriously as he 



does Cooke's similar views on "Hy- 



menochaete." Logically, both genera 



have the same value, which is not much 



in either case for me. Stereum sulcatum 



grows on spruce and hemlock. My best 



thanks are extended to Mr. Weir for the specimen. 



We have recently gotten Stereum 

 sulcatum (Fig. 879) from Prof. A. Yasuda. 

 Japan (376). It agrees with our Ameri- 

 can plant in every character. It is a 

 Lloydella for those who recognize the 

 genus. This is similar to Stereum an- 

 nosum and Stereum ferreum, both of 

 which, however, have brown context. 

 Both are " Lloydellas " and both are pileate 

 species, though based on resupinate frag- 

 ments and classed in Saccardo in the 

 resupinate section. Stereum stratosum is 



a similar, thick plant with pale context, but it has no metuloids. 



Stereum contrarium, named from Japan, from the description, could be 



taken for this plant, but it is Stereum princeps. 



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Fig. 878. 



Fig. 879. 



