Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

FUSCUS. CONTEXT BROWN.
"scaber" type seems to have been received in Europe, but the Mauritius "type"
turned out to be a frequent species in many countries, particularly the United
States and South Africa, and has become well established under the name Fomes
rimosus.
SPECIMENS. Australia, Rev. James Wilson.
FOMES NIAOULI. Pileus unguliform, or thick, applanate, with dark brown
or black, matted, tomentose surface. Context color dark brown (Argus). Pores
minute, with concolorous tissue and darker brown velutinate mouths. Setae, none.
Spores globose, 6 mic., deeply colored.
The original is from New Caledonia. The type is the same as Fomes rimosus
in context color, spores a little larger, but if it has any value as a species distinct
from Fomes rimosus, it lies in its surface characters. In another collection I have
the context is darker, and this agrees with Fomes badius, except as to surface. It is
compiled in Saccardo as Polyporus, due to Saccardo not being able to translate
Patouillard's dialect.
SPECIMENS. Cotype, from P. Hariot.
Compare Merrillii.
FOMES FASTUOSUS. Pileus thin, }/2 -\ cm., sessile. Surface
dark brown, dull, with raised zones, minutely velvety. Context
yellow brown (Raw Sienna), hard. Pores minute, round, concolorous,
or slightly darker, 2-4 mm. long. Hyphae deep yellow. Setae, none.
Spores globose, 4-5 mic., deeply colored. Known to me only from the
type at Paris from Singapore, and at Berlin specimens from the
Philippines. Leveille so named three specimens at Paris: the type
from Singapore, no setae; from lies Seychelles with setae, and which
is Fomes senex; from Brazil a specimen which is Polyporus gilvus.
Fomes fastuosus is a thin plant, perhaps a Polyporus.
Fig. 592.
Fomes rhytiphloeus.
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