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STIPITATE.
deformed stipes, but that from Rev. Rick has a regular well-developed
stipe. The context and surface are much like a brown form of Fomes
applanatus. Neither of my three collections is a true Fomes, but the
Eastern ones appear to be of this nature. The Brazilian specimen
has narrow spores, 5x12, and is probably a different species.
SPECIMENS. Perak, M. A. D. Machardo; Samoa, C. G. Lloyd; Brazil, Rev. J. Rick, the
latter probably distinct.
FOMES ZONATUS. Pileus applanate, sessile or often with a
lateral stipe. When young, with a bright coppery brown, laccate,
smooth, often sulcate surface. Context soft, of light weight and
texture, dark bay brown color, with narrow zones. Pores minute,
with brown context and pale, slightly laccate mouths. Spores 6 x 10,
truncate, smooth, punctate.
This is a most abundant species in Florida, always growing on
Cabbage Palmetto trunks. It is remarkable for the soft, light texture.
Sometimes it is distinctly stalked with a lateral stem, at other times
sessile with a broad attachment. Many species in the section Ganodermus
have a resinous exudation on the crust, but this is the only
one known to us where it extends also to the pores. The outer pore
mouths, to the extent of a half inch, are often covered with a thick
layer of laccate exudation.
While this is a most abundant species on Cabbage Palmetto in
Florida, it was not named until recently, and then the deficiency was
made up by giving it three names. We sent it to Ellis years ago, who
referred it to Polyporus lucidus. Murrill named it Fomes zonatus,
and at the same time Fomes sulcatus. Saccardo changed the latter
to Fomes aratus, an unnecessary change, as the same species had
been called also Fomes zonatus.
Compare aratus, sulcatus.
ADDENDUM.
The following species were overlooked when the body of the pamphlet was
written at Kew. We have in our collection a number of unnamed specimens, and I
believe a number of unnamed species, but they will keep, and the subject will be
more clearly presented by not being embarrassed with too many "new species."
We would rather get the "old species" settled first. As additional specimens are
received, and we get more light, it is probable that our views may change as to some
of these collections, and we would prefer to change before, rather than after, publication.
We have therefore in the body of the work only proposed a few new names
where the differences were strongly marked.
The species of Europe and America stand out quite clear, owing to the abundance
of collections that we have. Also, I believe those of the American tropics are mostly
well known, due to the ample collection in the New York Botanical Garden, but
from the remainder of the tropics, and from Japan and China, Australia, Africa
and the East (excepting the Philippines) all classes of fungi, and particularly the
Fomes, are but partially known.
We have received a liberal sending of Philippine specimens from E. D. Merrill,
which affords a new species named in mss. and additional light on several of the old
species.
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