Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

GANODERMUS.
other specimens of Fomes applanatus, determined as being Fomes galegensis, but
none with the same crust feature of the type at Paris. We hardly think it possible
to maintain it even as a form.
FOMES (?) REXIFORMIS. Same as Fomes applanatus as to crust, context
color, pores, but differs in being annual and forming new pilei each year. The
spores are distinctly rough, in some specimens at least. Morgan observed a plant
to be annual that otherwise seemed the same as Fomes applanatus, a perennial
plant. It can be generally recognized by bearing the dead pileus of the previous
year. Whether it is a distinct species or not is a question, and also it is a question
if it should be classed as an annual form of Fomes applanatus. The spores are
certainly in some specimens more asperate, but otherwise we doubt if the pileus
alone could be told from the first year's growth of Fomes applanatus, the type form
of Europe, and we do not know that the spore difference is pronounced enough to
distinguish them. It is quite frequent around Cincinnati, usually on rotten stumps
near the ground. As it occurs fresh the pore mouths are white, but we have a number
of collections (including a "type" from Morgan) with yellowish pore mouths. We
think these with yellow mouths are entitled to a name, but we do not propose one.
SPECIMEN'S. Many, mostly of our own collection.
Compare lobatus.
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