Lloyd Mycological Writings V4.pdf - MykoWeb

pores (cfr. Note 176, Letter 53). Setae dense, rather short and thick,
sometimes blunt, projecting 30-35
mic. Spores
3x5 mic.
(B) elliptical, pale,
This is a frequent plant in
Brazil, and well represented in the
museum. \Ve have specimens
from Rev. C. Torrend.
Fig. 767.
Teeth small, >^ mm. subulate.
3-4 mic. verrucose, ferruginous.
HYDNOCHAETE FERRU-
GINEA. -- Resupinate, thin,
with byssine margin, ferruginous.
Setae abundant. Spores globose,
It was described from Brazil by Father Rick. Unknown to me.
As it has colored spores, Professor McGinty proposes for it a "new
genus," Phaeohydnochaete. Those who recognize the other "Phaeo"
genera cannot consistently refuse to adopt it.
HYDNOCHAETE JAPONICA (Fig. 768). Resupinate, with no
distinct margin, hard, rigid. Context thick, dark mummy brown.
Fig. 768.
Hydnochaete Japonica. Showing section, surface, also spines, the latter enlarged 6 diameters.
Imbedded in the context are rigid, thick, deeply colored setae, similar
to those found in Fomes pachyphloeus (cfr. Fig. 600, Fomes Synopsis).
Surface tubercular, with small, dense, rigid tubercules, paler (brown)
than the context. Tubercules densely covered with setae, projecting
40 to 50 mic. Spores not found, no doubt white.
RARE SPECIES OF FUNGI RECEIVED
FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
RADULUM BALLOUII (Fig. 769).
When Mr. Ballou found this
hite cedar
plant some years ago, growing on the living limbs of the wr (Cupressus thyoides) in "New Yersey," as Saccardo compiles it, he
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