'ECOLOGICAL NOTES, 
C. G. LLOYD 
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oCcO's on the pile us rigid, reddish-brown tufts of seta-like spreading 
nairs. These hairs have been lihened to Osonium, but I think are of 
similar appearance to those of Trametes hydnoi&es* Hiss fakefieId 
has noted that they bear conidial spores. They are therefore spore¬ 
bearing organs rather than true hairs. We know of no similar case. 
Berkeley named this from Cuba in 1873 as Trametes aculeifera. 
Spegazzini first called it Daedalea Trametes, then after a few years 
he changed his mind and called it Trametes Daedalea. To my mind it 
is neither^ it is a Polystictus. Rev. Rick sent me a resupinate 
specimen (without pileate hairs) some years ago, and I have seen it 
in his exsiccatae, but I never associated it with the Cuban plant 
until the receipt of this specimen. Patouillard has published that 
Polystictus Hariotianus is the same as Polystictus aculeifer. When 
I saw it at Paris I made a note that it was Polystictus versatilis, 
but from the description I now think I was wrong. 
POLYPORUS (AMAUR.) SUBRENATUS, PROM REV. J„ RICK, BRAZIL 
(Fig,1499),- .We have considered a number of ''Amaurodermus 1 ' in the 
past, usually as u new species”, for it seems to us that nature 
rarely makes two Amaurodermus alike. This, however, we are happy to 
say is not a new species. It was named by liurrill and is the first 
collection we have received. The spores are the most characteristic 
feature of most Amaurodermus, and in this are globose, pale, 12 mic» 
and appear rough. In reality they are finely reticulate. The color 
of the moist plant is rich chestnut brown, but it fades out when 
dried. The stipe is darker, almost black when moist. Since we 
wrote our Stipitate Polyporoids the known species have almost doubled. 
We should like to monograph this fascinating section, but to make a 
success of it we must first learn to successfully microphotograph 
spores, and that we have never been able to do. Polyporus sub- 
renatus is very similar to Polyporus auriscalpium excepting in the 
spore character. 
HYDHUM PERGAKBHEUM, PROM PROFESSOR A. YASUDA, JAPAN (Pig* 
1500 ).- Pileus pure white, thin as parchment paper, rigid when dry, 
attached (it appears) by a reduced base. Surface pure white, gla¬ 
brous, wrinkled in drying. Teeth slender, flaccid, slightly dis¬ 
colored but almost white. Cystidia none. Spores 
small 
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5* 
<6, hyaline, smooth. 
cylindrical . 
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The comparison to a piece of parchment paper is not 
never noted a similar Hydnum. The slender teeth have no 
turn red in drying as they do in related species. 
inapt - 
tendency 
HYDNUM SPATHULATUM, PROM Dr. CH. BERNARD, JAVA (Pig.1501) 
Considering how common the genus Hydnum is in the temperate regi 
it 
is 
surprising how few of the it cone 
in from 
tlie 
tropics. 
V.' 1 J 
Pileus petaloid with a short, lateral, rooting stipe, 
cartilaginous. Surface smooth, dark brown. OOntext thin, 
short, drying almost black, "spores irregular, globose / 
ic. hyaline, strongly tubercular. 
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