﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist. 
  45 
  

  

  polyporus 
  nidulans 
  fr. 
  

  

  Dead 
  oak 
  and 
  birch 
  branches 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  Sand- 
  

   lake, 
  North 
  Greenbush 
  and 
  Adirondack 
  Mts. 
  

  

  Our 
  specimens 
  are 
  not 
  villous 
  and 
  are 
  fragrant 
  when 
  fresh, 
  

   not 
  when 
  dry. 
  This 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  the}^ 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  

   to 
  P. 
  rutilans, 
  but 
  the 
  unequal 
  pores 
  forbid 
  such 
  a 
  reference. 
  

   It 
  is 
  surprising 
  how 
  few 
  of 
  our 
  fungi 
  agree 
  accurately 
  with 
  the 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  published 
  species. 
  Either 
  we 
  have 
  many 
  more 
  

   species 
  peculiar 
  to 
  this 
  country 
  than 
  has 
  been 
  supposed, 
  or 
  

   else 
  many 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  imperfectly 
  described. 
  

  

  POLYPOEUS 
  (AlSTODERMEl) 
  FRAGRANS 
  71. 
  Sp. 
  

  

  Fragrant 
  ; 
  pileus 
  fleshy, 
  tough, 
  effuso-reflexed, 
  imbricating, 
  

   one 
  to 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  two 
  to 
  four^ 
  broad, 
  rather 
  thin 
  but 
  some- 
  

   times 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  velvety 
  to 
  the 
  touch 
  and 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  a 
  minute 
  innate 
  tomentum, 
  pale 
  reddish-grey 
  or 
  aluta- 
  

   ceous, 
  the 
  thin 
  margin 
  concolorous 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  

   roughened, 
  often 
  sterile 
  beneath 
  ; 
  flesh 
  slightly 
  fibrous, 
  zonate, 
  

   concolorous 
  ; 
  pores 
  minute, 
  unequal 
  angular, 
  about 
  one 
  line 
  

   long, 
  the 
  dissepiments 
  thin, 
  acute, 
  toothed 
  or 
  lacerated, 
  whitish, 
  

   becoming 
  darker 
  with 
  age 
  and 
  blackish-stained 
  when 
  bruised. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  trunks 
  of 
  elm 
  trees. 
  Bethlehem. 
  October. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  P. 
  adustus 
  and 
  P.fumosus, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  readily 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  unequal 
  pores. 
  Its 
  

   odor 
  when 
  fresh 
  is 
  very 
  decided 
  and 
  quite 
  agreeable, 
  being 
  not 
  

   much 
  unlike 
  that 
  of 
  dry 
  Seneca 
  grass. 
  The 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  

   collected 
  in 
  Vermont 
  also 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Morgan. 
  

  

  POLYPORUS 
  (PLACODERMEl) 
  ALBELLUS 
  71. 
  Sp. 
  • 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thick, 
  sessile, 
  convex 
  or 
  subungulate, 
  subsolitary, 
  

   two 
  to 
  four 
  inches 
  broad, 
  one 
  to 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  thick, 
  fleshy, 
  

   rather 
  soft, 
  the 
  adnate 
  cuticle 
  very 
  thin, 
  smooth 
  or 
  sometimes 
  

   slightly 
  roughened 
  by 
  a 
  slight 
  strigose 
  tomentum, 
  especially 
  

   toward 
  the 
  margin, 
  whitish 
  tinged 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  with 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  

   flesh 
  pure 
  white, 
  odor 
  acidulous 
  ; 
  pores 
  nearly 
  plain, 
  minute, 
  

   subrotund, 
  about 
  two 
  lines 
  long, 
  white 
  inclining 
  to 
  yellowish, 
  

   the 
  dissepiments 
  thin, 
  acute 
  ; 
  spores 
  minute, 
  cylindrical, 
  curved, 
  

   white, 
  .00016'-. 
  0002' 
  long. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  trunks 
  and 
  branches 
  of 
  birch 
  trees. 
  Helderberg 
  

   Mts. 
  October. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  related 
  to 
  P. 
  paradoxus, 
  but 
  the 
  

   texture 
  is 
  manifestly 
  firmer 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  and 
  softer 
  than 
  in 
  P. 
  

   betulinus. 
  

  

  