Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

SPORES HYALINE.
We do not know in Europe a plant agreeing with Fries' description of Polyporus
holmiensis, but we have one very abundant collection made at Albany New
York, on elm. It grew imbricate for a foot or more. When fresh it was white, but
in drying takes the characteristic color. It must be a rare form, for Prof. Peck never
met it. We have it also from Minnesota.
Fig. 648.
Polyporus holmiensis.
POLYPORUS AMESIL We have one marked collection of Polyporus
fumosus, that agrees exactly with the figure that Klotzsch gives, t. 392, of Polyporus
fumosus. The pubescence is stronger than in the usual plant, and the fuliginous
pileus is not due to a color change in drying, as ordinarily, but is evidently the natural
color of the growing plant. When we received it we matched with Klotzsch's figure
and decided that it was the true Polyporus fumosus. We have since, we think,
learned Polyporus fumosus better.
SPECIMENS. Brooklyn, X. Y., Frank H. Ames.
POLYPORUS FRAGRAXS. In the original signification, with large daedaloid
pores, this was a fragrant form of Polyporus salignus. All this group of plants,
Polyporus fumosus and salignus, and even Polyporus adustus at times, have a fragrant
odor, and they are all liable to be named Polyporus "fragrans."
Compare puberula.
POLYPORUS EPILEUCUS (Fig. 649). Pileus thin, white or
alutaceous, drying ochraceous, often with effused base. Surface
anoderm, rough. Flesh firm, tough, yellowish in dried specimens.
Pores small, round or elongated. Spores 2^4 x 5, reniform, hyaline,
smooth.
This we believe to be a rare species. We found it on beech at
Femsjo, and it appears to corresppnd fairly well with Fries' description.
We only know the plant from a few collections. When fresh it
was white, but became yellowish in drying. This plant in Europe has
been called Polyporus Hohenialus. We have collected once only, on
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