Murrill: Light-colored Resupinate Polypores 93 



In addition to the above, there are a few specimens which I 

 can not definitely connect up with this species without having 

 more stages. They appear to be young and are distinctly lilac in 

 the dried state, with smaller tubes than those of typical P. pur- 

 purea, reminding one strongly of Porta aurantio-canescens P. 

 Henn., found on poplar in Berlin. 



Pennsylvania, Murrill 11.90; Delaware, Commons 2163; Ohio, 

 Lloyd 3560, Morgan 325. 



62. Poria subbadia sp. nov. 



Irregularly effused for several centimeters, becoming con- 

 tinuous, closely adhering, rather thin ; margin thin, appressed, 

 arachnoid, white to rosy-isabelline, inconspicuous with age ; con- 

 text white to rose-colored, at first a mere membrane on which the 

 tubes appear in patches, scarcely apparent in mature specimens ; 

 hymenium very uneven, not glistening, testaceous to pale-bay in 

 dried specimens ; tubes irregular, angular, collapsing to some ex- 

 tent, 2-3 to a mm., 1 mm. long, edges thin, becoming lacerate- 

 dentate ; spores smooth, ellipsoid, distinctly roseous under the 

 microscope, 5x3^. 



Type collected by L.M. Underwood on a dead trunk at Auburn, 

 Alabama, in February, 1896. Also collected in Bermuda on dead 

 fiddlewood, December, 1912 K Brown, Britton, & Seaver 1418. 



63. Poria mutans tenuis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 



43: 39- 1890 



Collected by Peck on spruce at Sevey, New York, in July. 

 Little can be added to what Peck and Overholts have published 

 about this plant until more mature specimens have been found 

 and studied. After a careful examination of type material, I 

 must conclude with Overholts that the variety seems quite dis- 

 tinct from P. mutans, being much thinner, softer, and differently 

 colored. It differs from P. purpurea in color and in having a 

 distinct subiculum; and from P. taxicola in color and in the shape 

 of its tubes, although having a similar, well-developed subiculum. 

 Compare Poria nitida Pers. 



