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tion is so scanty that its general features can not be determined, it 

 becomes still more important that great caution be used. The writer 

 would like to take this second collection as representing the species, 

 and probably there are those who have gained their idea of the 

 species entirely from this collection. Under the circumstances, 

 however, it seems inadvisable to do so. The date of collection of 

 these second specimens can not be determined from the label. The 

 locality is mentioned as the Catskill mountains, and the locality of 

 the type is Gansevoori:. It is possible that Peck had before him 

 both of these collections when describing the species, but there is no 

 evidence to this effect. It seems desirable to allow the matter to 

 rest at this point for the present and to consider that the basis on 

 which the species rests at present should be the original description 

 and the very meager types. 



Poria semitincta (Peck) Cooke 



Plate 17 



Grevillea, 14: 115. 1886 



Polyporus (Resupinati) semitinctus Peck, 31st Rep't 

 N. Y. State Mus., p. 37. 1879. 



Original description. Subiculum thin, soft, cottony, separable 

 from the matrix, whitish, more or less tinged with lilac, sometimes 

 forming branching, creeping threads ; pores very short, unequal, 

 whitish or pale cream-colored, the dissepiments at first obtuse, then 

 thinner, toothed on the edge. 



Under surface of maple chips. Griffins. Sept. 



This is a soft, delicate species, with meruloid pores, similar to 

 those of P. violaceus. The lilac stains appear on the subi- 

 culum only. 



Notes. This is the second species of Poria described by Peck. 

 The 'material in the type collection is rather scanty, but the type 

 sheet contains a second collection, and a third collection is mounted 

 on another sheet. These other collections agree in all respects with 

 the type collection so that a very good idea of the species can be 

 obtained. The largest specimen is 7 cm long and not quite 2 cm 

 broad. The other specimens are more fragmentary, but apparently 

 the fructification is not widely effused (plate 17, figure 1). The 

 color of the hymenial surface is now avellaneous buff to pinkish 

 cinnamon or sometimes with a tinge of the lighter vinaceous colors 

 of Ridgway. A fourth collection is preserved in a herbarium box 

 and was collected from deciduous wood by Peck in 1904 at Lyndon- 



