Inonotus fulvomelleus Murrill 1908

Inonotus fulvomelleus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus somewhat irregular, dimidiate to subcircular, compressed-ungulate, 3-5 X 5-10 X 1-3 cm.; surface uneven, ferruginous to fulvous, slightly spuriously zonate, roughly hirsute or shaggy with dense branched fulvous hairs ; margin usually thick, undulate, ochra-
ceous-luteous, hispid: context radiate-fibrous, luteous, shining, 3-7 mm. thick; tubes
slender, 3-10 mm. long, dark-melleous within, mouths circular, 4-5 to a mm., regular,
covered when young with a bright-yellow powder, edges thick, entire, flavous-melleous to
melleous-fulvous : spores ovoid, thin-walled, pale-ferruginous, 6 X 8 /i ; hyphae concolorous ;
spines dark reddish-brown, slender, conical, hooked at the tip, 10 {J. thick at the base, 60 fi
or less in length.
Type collected on Blue Mountain Peak, Jamaica, 1950-2200 meters, on dead wood, February, 1903, L. M. Underwood 1522 . Distribution : Jamaica.