Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

Fries gave a crude figure of it in Reliquiae Afzelianae, and from this
figure and from Fries' description, there is no doubt in my mind
that we have here for the first time in eighty years the exact plant
that Fries had. It is most peculiar. There are pure white, mycelial
plaques permeating the host (wood) and the context of the irregular
pilei is of the same nature. It is analogous, I think, to the mycelial
core that is found in Polyporus graveolens and Polyporus corruscans.
The minute pores are built almost directly on this white layer with
but little true context. The color is dark yellowish (warm buff of
Ridgway), and contrasts with the white sublayer. The pores are
margined with this white, overlapping layer. The pilei are very
irregular, due to its peculiar formation, "indefinite," as Fries expresses
it. The name incondita "unformed" is not inapt. The
hyphae tissue is composed of thickened, irregular cells. The spores
are irregular, elliptical or globose, 5-7 to 7-8 mic. hyaline, smooth.
Trametes incondita is a most interesting plant. Mr. van der Bijl
sends two collections, No. 74, irregular, pileate, No. 71, resupinate.
HYDNUM ADPRESSUM (Fig. 757), FROM R. P. BURKE,
ALABAMA. As I shall call it. It seems to be a Southern plant
Fig. 757.
Hydnum adpressum.
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