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Gloeoporus conclioides Mont. Brought in on oak cord-wood, April,. 
Algoma. 
Merulius lacrymans (Jacq.) Fr. On under side of planks, Decker 
dock, June, Algoma. 
Merulius tremellosus Schrad. On bark of oak and on decayed 
logs, Tornado, September, Kohlberg. 
Polystictus biformis Klotz. [Coriolus biformis (Klotz.) Pat.]. 
On maple stumps, Danek’s woods, January, Algoma. Peck vid. 
Polystictus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr. [Pycnoporus cinnabarinus 
(Jacq.) Karst.]. Figured by Bulliard, Hist. Champ., PI. 501, fig. 1. On 
trunks and limbs, June to October, Algoma. 
Polystictus cinnamomeus (Jacq.) Sacc. [Coltricia cinnamomea 
(Jacq.) M.]. Common in sandy soil, June, Hale hill and Mile Bluff, 
Mauston; Krohn’s Lake, July, Algoma. 
Polystictus conchifer Schw. [ Poronidulus conchifer (Schw.) M.]. 
Both forms common on dead limbs, Krohn’s Lake and Danek’s woods, 
October, Algoma. 
Polystictus fibrillosus Karst. [Pycnoporellus fibrillosus (Karst.) 
M.]. A form frequently reported as P. aurantiacus Pk. Occasionally 
plants become much faded w r ith age. Rare. On coniferous logs, Oc¬ 
tober, Awe’s grove, Foscora. 
Polystictus hirsutus Fr. [Coriolus nigro-marginatus (Schw.) M.].. 
Common. On dead limbs, Otto’s woods, November, Algoma. 
Polystictus pereimis (L.) Fr. [Coltricia perennis (L.) M.] Well 
illustrated by Rolland, Atlas Champ., PI. 89, fig. 197. On the ground, 
Schmeiling’s grove, August, Algoma. 
Polystictus pergamenus Fr. The violet color of the pore surface 
of the young plant is a constant characteristic. Common on limbs, 
logs and standing trunks of frondose treees, September, Algoma. 
Polystictus pubescens (Schum.) Fr. [Coriolus pubescens (Schum.) 
M.]. The pileus is coarsely pubescent and the whole plant is white* 
with little change in drying. On decayed stumps, Krohn’s Lake, Sep¬ 
tember, Algoma. Murril vid. 
Polystictus versicolor (L.) Fr. [Coriolus versicolor (L.) Quel.]. 
Good figures by Hussey, Illust., PI. 24, Schaeff., Incones, PI. 263, 268 * 
and Rolland, Atlas Champ., PI. 96. Common. Danek’s woods, August, 
Algoma. 
Fomes applanatus Pers. [Elfvingia megaloma (Lev.) M.]. Sev¬ 
eral authors have held that the brown spores that are frequently found 
on the pileus in growing seasons are conidia which arise from the up¬ 
per surface.. They are in reality basidiospores that have been borne 
upward by air currents and deposited on the upper surface. Several 
isolated plants were thoroughly cleaned and paper tacked over the 
pileus. After a few days the papers were covered with the same 
