Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

FUSCUS. CONTEXT BROWN.
subhyaline. It might be recognized by comparison if ever found again. The rigid
pores and rather soft flesh are the most prominent characters. The species is closely
related to caliginosus.
FOMES SURINAMENSIS. Pileus ungulate, with smooth,
black, sulcate crust. Context cinnamon brown, hard, uniform.
Pores very minute, with concolorous tissue and darker mouths. The
layers are indistinct and hardly distinguishable. Setae, none. Spores
globose, hyaline, 4 mic.
This is known from Surinam, only the types at Leiden. It could
be compared to Fomes robustus, but setae are absent and context
color is of a darker shade.
FOMES ROSEOCINEREUS. Pileus very hard and heavy,
applanate to unguliform. Surface with a rough, sulcate, brown
crust. Context dark brown (Sudan brown). Pores very minute,
hard. Setae, none. Spores globose, hyaline, 5-6 mic.
This species approaches igniarius in its context color, and spores,
but is a heavier and harder species and pores are more minute. It is
known only in the museum at New York, from Cuba and Central
America. I think it is not well named. To my eye, there is nothing
roseus and little cinereous about it.
Fig. 585.
Fome? scalaris.
FOMES SCALARIS (Fig. 585). Pileus thin, applanate, with
a dark, dull, fuliginous, almost black, surface, no distinct crust. Sulcate
with annual ridges. Context hard, brittle, dark, fuliginous
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