Report of tue Botanist. 79 



On a prostrate trunk of a maple tree, Acer saccharinuin. Indian 

 Lake. October. 



The central mass was much eaten by the larvae of insects. . 



PoLYPOKUS RUBIGINOSUS Rostk. 



Trunks of deciduous trees. Indian Lake. October. 



POLYPORUS MAKGINATUS Fv. 



Stumps and old trunks of trees. Indian Lake. October. 



PoLYPORUS FUMOSUS Ft. 



Old stumps. Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer count}^ and Indian Lake. 

 September and October. 



PoLYPORUS BETULINUS Fv. 



Trunks of dead birches. Common in swamps and mountainous 

 districts. September, November. 



The low^er surface or hymenium is frequently rough with nume- 

 rous acicular projections, making the plant look like a Hydnum 

 when viewed horizontally. 



PoLYPORUS C^SIUS Fv. . 



On dead shrubs. Indian Lake. October. 



PoLYPORUS ZONATUS Ft. 



Dead branches. Greenbush. The specimens are very dark 

 colored. 



PoLYPORUS VELUTINUS Ft. 



Old stumps. Greig. September. 



PoLYPORUS ELONGATUS Bevk. 



Prostrate poplar trunks. Thurman. October. It resembles 

 P. laceratus. 



POLYPORCS YiTICOLA Ft. 



Dead grape-vines. Greenbush. October. 



POLYPORTJS YaILLANTII Ft. 



On wood in cellars. Albany. IS^ovember and December. Our 

 specimens, when fresh, have a strong odor. 



PoLYPORrS VESICULOSUS B. <& C. 



Old logs. Johnsburgh, Warren county. October. 



PoLYPORUS CORTICOLA Ft. 



Potten wood. Center. October. 



