POLYPORACEAE AND BOLETACEAE OF 

 THE PACIFIC COAST 



William A. Murrill 



The following list contains the species of pileate polypores and 

 boletes collected by the writer on a recent tour of exploration 

 through Washington, Oregon, and California. Mr. S. M. Zeller 

 collected with me at Seattle and Tacoma; Professor L. S. Abrams 

 assisted in exploring Preston's Ravine and La Honda. The 

 localities and dates of the collections are as follows : 



X. Seattle, Washington; virgin coniferous forests, peat bogs, and pastures. 



October 20-Noveniber i, 1911. 



2. Tacoma, Washington; virgin coniferous forests October 26, 1911. 



3. Tacoma Prairies, Washington ; open barrens with clumps of young firs. 



October 26, 191 1. 



4. Glen Brook, Oregon; dense fir forests, 400-1000 ft. ..November 7, 1911. 



5. Mill City, Oregon; virgin coniferous forest, 800-1200 ft. . November g, 1911. 



6. Corvallis, Oregon; fir forests and mixed woods. ...November 6-11, 1911. 



7. Newport, Oregon ; virgin fir forest and sandy pine barrens. 



November 13, 1911. 



8. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California; dry groves and shaded 



grassy banks November 21, 191 1. 



9. Muir Woods, California; virgin forest of redwoods. .. November 22, 191 1. 



10. Preston's Ravine, near Palo Alto, California; redwoods and mixed forest 



up to 1000 ft November 25, 191 1. 



11. La Honda, west slope of Santa Cruz Mountains, California; redwood 



forest below 1000 ft November 25, 191 1. 



Tribe POLYPOREAE 

 AuRANTiPORfeLLUS ALBOLUTEUS (Ell. & Ev.) Murrill. Found 

 growing from the side of a decorticated red fir log, the pilei 

 consisting chiefly of large, irregular tubes, and presenting a 

 very different appearance from the original specimens found 

 by Crandall inside of hollow Abies trunks in Colorado. 

 Seattle, ^2, 



BjERKANDERA ADUSTA (Willd.) Karst. Fouud only on large- 

 leaved maple. 

 Seattle, 6j, 74. 



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