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FUSCUS. CONTEXT BROWN.
6TH GENERAL DIVISION, FUSCUS. CONTEXT
SOME SHADE OF BROWN.
SECTION 69. CONTEXT BROWN. SETAE, NONE. SPORES HYALINE.
A. Context light brown.
FOMES CALKINSII. Pileus unguliform, with smooth, hard,
reddish brown, at length black crust, furrowed by the overgrowing
layers. Context color fulvous (ochraceous tawny) brown, hard,
woody. Pores minute, with darker mouths, but the tissue is exactly
concolorous with the context. Spores 5-6 x 10, hyaline, smooth (not
guttulate or granular contents). Setae, none.
This is a species of Florida, growing on the oak. It was sent to
Ellis by Calkins, and Ellis referred it to Fomes igniarius. I found it
rare in Florida. I do not find spores in dried specimens. My record
is from those thrown down from fresh specimens. Fomes Calkinsii
is quite close to Fomes robustus, but has darker context color and
different spores.
FOMES ROBINSONIAE. Pileus applanate, with a rough,
brown, sulcate surface. Context bright yellow (raw sienna). Pores
minute, in uneven layers with concolorous tissue and dark, velutinate
pore mouths. Setae few. Spores globose, hyaline, 3-4 mic.
Fig. 583.
Fomes adamanti
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