Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

SPORES HYALINE.
Fig. 653.
Trametes robiniophila.
when we noticed the red stain beginning to develop. Montagne
described it as white, but the specimen now has a red stain and the
context (even the hyphae under the microscope) is dark, almost black.
Murrill had a clear idea of the species, and he was the first one who
had. There are abundant specimens at New York. Berkeley made
one Cuban determination right, but his Polyporus hemileucus in the
type idea with "white context" is this plant, although he also cites
specimens that are Polyporus valenzuelianus. Old specimens of
Trametes cubensis and Polyporus valenzuelianus, both having red
stains on the pileus and the context becoming dark with age, are very
likely to be confused. Freshly collected specimens, however, can
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