

as if whitewashed, faintly zonate, with raised zones, context very 

 thin, ferruginous. Pores small to medium, > cm. long, with ferru- 

 ginous tissue and mouths. Stipe mesopodial, ferruginous, short, two 

 to three cm. long, abruptly bulbose at base. Setae none. Spores 

 (Fig. 931) abundant, narrowly oblong, 

 4x12 mic., very pale colored, smooth. 



This plant grows in the sand. It is 

 very striking in the strong contrast of the 

 snow white surface and ferruginous con- 

 text. At first I considered the possibility 

 of its being decolored specimens of some 

 other species, for we know that the related 

 Polystictus perennis often has a decolored 

 surface, due to age and exposure to light. 

 But no other similar species has same spores. 



Fig 931 Polystictus Montagnei, which is the closest 



and agrees in tissue, color, and general 



stature, has spores 7 x 10, much broader, and differs essentially in 

 shape. We would class the plant in Section 17a of our Stipitate 

 Polyporoid pamphlet, and were we rewriting it we would remove 

 Polystictus Montagnei to same section. 



The plant could be named dealbatus most appropriately, but 

 unfortunately the name is occupied by a species not very suitable 

 to the name. There is now a Polystictus arenicolor, and some one 

 may wish to change this on that account. However, "sand dwelling" 

 and "sand color" are entirely different ideas, and it is not practical 

 to select names in all cases "fool-proof," so we will let it go. 



Mr. Baker is fortunate in finding this novelty, for unnamed 

 Polyporoids (excepting Porias) are rare nowadays in the United 

 States. 



POLYPORUS GLOBOCEPHALUS, FROM REV. TORREND, 

 BRAZIL (Fig. 932). Pileus hemispherical, about 1 cm. broad, 

 fleshy, white. Surface smooth. Flesh soft, white. Stem 

 mesopodial. black below, white above. Pores minute, 

 decurrent on the stem. Cystidia none. 



This is the first Melanopus I have seen with hemi- 

 spherical head. I would class it in Section 49, though it 

 differs from all others in this section. On account of the 

 soft flesh, it might go in Section 44 of Ovinus, but these 

 little plants would not be sought in Ovinus. Rev. 

 Torrend sends a specimen in formalin, from which our Fi ^- 932 - 

 photograph and description are drawn. It would not be possible to 

 give a description from the dried specimen. 



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