March 1904J 
Ohio Fungi. Fascicle IX 
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170. Polyporus anax Berk. 
On an old stump. 
Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 20, 1902. 
Coll. J. G. Sanders. 
“Polyporus (Merisma) anax, Berk. 
“Polyporus very much and intricately branched, the branches termi¬ 
nating in numerous frondose lobed pilei of various forms and sizes, im¬ 
bricating and confluent, of a dusky gray, or lead colour, and somewhat 
downy or minutely fibrous above. The pores are white, varying in size 
and form, but mostly large and angular. The substance is coriaceous, 
brittle when dry. The smell is like that of mice, when it is in a dry state, 
but when moist almost inodorous. 
“Found at the base of a dead stump, branching out from a thick single 
stem at the base, until at the top it formed a large head of branches and 
lobed pilei quite 16 inches in diameter. Ohio, U. S. Herb. Berk., No. 
2458.” M. C. Cooke. Grevillea, 12 :S7. 1883. 
171. Polystictus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr. 
On old logs, mostly cherry. 
Columbus, Ohio. September 1903. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman, J. H. Schaffner, J. G. Sanders. 
“Boletus cinnabarinus. 
“Arboribus parasiticus accrescit in subalpinis Austriae; quern ex 
Carinthia etiam reverendus Franciscus Xaverius Wulfen transmisit. Fun¬ 
gus sessillis & horizontalis, superne convexo-planus, ruber & aequabilis; 
subtus planus, tenuissime nec profunde tubulosus, coccineusque; carne 
firma, coriacea, tenace, subrubella, aliquot lineas crassa. Antrorsum haud 
valde protenditur; latitudine variare a me visus ab unica ad quatuor 
uncias. Color in affervato diu jam perstitit.” N. J. Jacquin. Florae 
Austriacae, 4:2. pi. 304. 1776. 
172. Puccinia albiperidia Arthur. 
On Carex pubescens Muhl. 
Columbus, Ohio. October 1902. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
‘Puccinia albiperidia sp. nov. 
“O. Spermogonia amphigenous, small, pale orange. 
“I. Aecidia hypophyllous, small in circular clusters; substratum 
scarcely thickened; peridia white, low, margin incised, reflexed; spores 
pale yellow when fresh, subglobose, 15-20 in diameter; wall thin, smooth. 
“II. Uredosori hypophyllous, small, round or oblong, soon naked; 
uredospores oblong, small, echinulate. 
“III. Teleutosori hypophyllous, globose or oblong, pulvinate, dark 
brown. Teleutospores oblong-cuneate, 17-24 by 32-45 A 1 ; apex semi¬ 
circular or obtuse, thickened to half the length of the upper cell; side 
walls thin, slightly or not constricted; pedicel slender, colored, as long: 
as the spore or shorter.” J. C. Arthur. Journal of Mycology, 8:53. 
June, 1902. 
