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GANODERMUS.
imbedded, giving the effect of black lines in a section. Pores minute,
hard, with yellow mouths. Spores 5x9, obovate, smooth, with
many smaller, 4x6.
This was received by us from C. B. Ussher, Java, and at first we
were inclined to refer it to Fomes leucophaeus, to which it is similar
in crust and general appearance. The narrow context zones and paler
context, as well as the interposed, resinous layers in the context and
the minute, hard pores, are features never found in the common
Fomes leucophaeus. I have similar plants from Java and Brazil,
excepting that the context zones are not evident. Also a very doubtful
collection from Madagascar, which, while the same as to pores
and context, has a smooth, shiny, black crust.
SPECIMENS. Java, C. B. Ussher (type), Dr. van Leeuwen; Brazil, P. Pio Buck (not typical) ;
Madagascar, Henri Perrier de la Eathie (very doubtful).
FOMES KONINGSBERGIL Pileus applanate, thin, 2-3 cm.
thick, mostly reduced to the base, and most specimens have a false
stipe-like base. Surface smooth, uneven, nonlaccate, varying from
pale brown to fuliginous. Context dark brown (bay brown), with
layers of imbedded, resinous tissue. Pores minute, with thick walls,
hard, heavy. Pore mouth white. Spores 6 x 10, smooth.
A single, but very abundant^ collection was received from Dr.
J. C. Koningsberg, Java. We referred it with doubt to Fomes leucophaeus
(cfr. Letter 38). We sent it to Europe and it was referred to
Polyporus gibbosus, of which nothing is known excepting Xees'
figure. To us it has no resemblance to that figure. It appears rare
in Java, at least we have seen no others than the type.
SPECIMENS. Java, Dr. J. C. Konigsberg, a very abundant collection (type).
SECTION 75. STIPITATE FOMES OF THE SECTION GAXODERMIS.
In our pamphlet on the Stipitate Polyporoids we took the ground that there
were no truly stipitate species of Fomes. Specimens we had seen we referred to
sessile species, believing them to have accidental stems. We have received several
specimens from the tropics that certainly have normal stems, and we are convinced
that it is a good specific character. In one species from Java both stipitate and sessile
specimens occur, but that does not necessarily void the value of the character.
Should we revise the subject, we would make this Section 75, the second section
of stipitate polyporoids.
FOMES TESTACEUS. Pileus with a lateral, deformed stipe.
Crust smooth, not laccate, castaneous brown, variegated, zoned.
Context bay brown. Spores minute, with white pore mouths. Spores
6x10, smooth.
We use the name in the sense of Patouillard to avoid inventing
a new one. In the sense of Leveille, the "type" has no stipe, and we
believe it to be only the usual tropical form of Fomes applanatus.
We have three collections that we refer here our own, Samoa,
Machardo, Perak, and Rev. Rick, Brazil. The two former have
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