3 6 ° 
The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XI, No. 8, 
38. Polyporus elegans (Bull.) Fries, Epic. Myc. 4-40. 1S3S. 
Boletus elegans Bull. 
This plant resembles the next species in color and form, 
but it is very much smaller and has smaller pores. The 
stipe is black at the base. Abundant in some parts of the 
state, on dead deciduous wood. 
Illustrations: Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 124; Pat. Tab. Fung, 
f. 137. 
39. Polyporus fissus Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 6 : 31S. 1847. 
This plant has been generally known to American mycol- 
ogists as P. picipes Fr. It is very common from September 
until December on dead deciduous wood, especially hickory 
and elm. It is easily recognized by the reddish brown, leath- 
ery, pileus, which is depressed or infundibuliform, and by the 
stipe, which is black at the base. The pileus sometimes 
reaches a width of 20 cm. or more, and the stipe is eccentric 
or lateral. 
Illustration: Hard, p. 388, f. 319. 
40. Abortiporus distortus (Schw.) Murrill, Bull. Torr. Club 
31 : 422. 1904. 
Boletus distortus Schw. 
Known as Polyporus distortus Schw. A very variable 
species found in the late fall around stumps of deciduous 
trees, especially of the ash. It is normally stipitate and 
alutaceous in color, but specimens in the writer’s collection 
named by Mr. Murrill are entirely resupinate and pure white 
in color. Common. 
41. Scutiger radicatus (Schw.) Murrill, Bull. Torr. Club 30 : 430. 
1903. 
Polyporus radicatus Schw. 
This species is characterized by having a black, rooting 
stipe. It grows on the ground and is found from September 
until December. The stipe is central and the tubes are 
decurrent. The pileus reaches a width of from 5-9 cm. and 
the stipe is about 10 cm. long. Not common. 
Illustrations: Ohio Myc. Bull. 10: f. 46; Hard, p. 400, 
f. 329. 
42. Grifola poripes (Fr.) Murrill, Bull. Torr. Club 31 : 335. 1904. 
Polyporus poripes Fr. 
Also known as P. flavovirens Berk. & Rav. On the ground 
in woods. Probably rare. 
43. Grifola sumstinei Murrill, Bull. Torr. Club 31 : 335. 1904. 
This plant was collected by Morgan and referred to P. 
giganteus (Pers.) Fr., and has been known under that 
name. According to Mr. Murrill, P. giganteus is a Euro- 
pean species to which our plant is closely related. It is not 
