﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist. 
  145 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  M. 
  lacrymans 
  in 
  habit 
  and 
  color, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  thinner 
  and 
  more 
  fragile, 
  with 
  smaller 
  pores 
  

   and 
  spores, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  especially 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  elongated 
  or 
  

   subulate 
  teeth 
  that 
  project 
  from 
  the 
  older 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  hymenium. 
  

   It 
  is 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  Coniophori. 
  

  

  Merulius 
  tenuis 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Kesupinate, 
  very 
  thin, 
  tender, 
  reddish- 
  brown 
  inclining 
  to 
  liver 
  

   color, 
  the 
  margin 
  webby-tomentose, 
  whitish 
  ; 
  dissepiments 
  nar- 
  

   row, 
  irregular, 
  forming 
  shallow 
  unequal 
  pores; 
  spores 
  colored, 
  

   .00035 
  to 
  .0004 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00025 
  to 
  .0003 
  broad. 
  

  

  Much 
  decayed 
  wood. 
  Ithaca. 
  Dudley. 
  

  

  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  dried 
  specimens 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  Persoon's 
  

   figure 
  of. 
  M. 
  pulcher, 
  but 
  the 
  dissepiments 
  and 
  pores 
  are 
  

   different. 
  This 
  species 
  also 
  is 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  Coniophori. 
  

  

  Stereum 
  populneum 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Eesupinate, 
  very 
  thin, 
  orbicular, 
  often 
  confluent 
  in 
  patches, 
  

   minutely 
  rimose, 
  brown 
  tinged 
  with 
  liver 
  color, 
  minutely 
  whitish- 
  

   punctate 
  under 
  a 
  lens, 
  the 
  thin 
  radiate-dentate 
  margin 
  a 
  little 
  

   paler, 
  at 
  length 
  becoming 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  free 
  ; 
  spores 
  oblong, 
  .0005 
  

   to 
  .0006 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  broad. 
  

  

  Bark 
  of 
  prostrate 
  trunks 
  of 
  poplar, 
  Populus 
  trerriuloid.es. 
  

   Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  August. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  distinct 
  from 
  all 
  allied 
  species 
  by 
  its 
  peculiar 
  color, 
  its 
  

   minutely 
  chinky 
  and 
  punctate 
  hymenium 
  and 
  its 
  subf 
  ree 
  dentate 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  S. 
  alhobadium. 
  

  

  Stereum 
  ambiguum 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Resupinate, 
  suborbicular 
  or 
  irregular, 
  soon 
  confluent 
  in 
  patches, 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  one 
  line 
  thick, 
  dry, 
  subcorky 
  but 
  brittle, 
  tawny- 
  

   brown 
  and 
  subtomentose 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  hymenium 
  tawny-brown 
  

   becoming 
  paler 
  or 
  grayish 
  tawny 
  with 
  age, 
  rimose 
  when 
  mature, 
  

   with 
  a 
  faintly 
  pulverulent 
  or 
  pruinose-velvety 
  appearance 
  ; 
  the 
  

   margin 
  yellowish, 
  generally 
  becoming 
  free; 
  spores 
  oblong 
  or 
  

   subfusiform, 
  .0005 
  to 
  .0007 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0002 
  broad. 
  

  

  Wood 
  and 
  bark 
  of 
  prostrate 
  trunks 
  of 
  spruce, 
  Picea 
  nigra, 
  

   Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  June. 
  

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