Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Coriolus ectypus (Berk. & Curt.) Pat. Tax. Hym^n. 94.. 1900
Polyporus ectypus Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 1 : 52. 1872.
Pileus tough, rigid or slightly flexible, imbricate, sessile or umbonate-sessile, dimidiate, conchate, 3-7X4-8X0.5-0.7 cm. ; surface finely tomentose to nearly glabrous, smooth, pale-isabelline with pale-rufous zones ; margin thin, entire, sterile : context punky, white, zonate, 2-A mm. thick; tubes 2-3 mm. long, white within, mouths circular to slightly angular, very regular, 4-5 to a mm., edges thick, entire, pallid, becoming thin, slightly dentate, glistening and pale-avellaneous at maturity : spores ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline^^ 2X3/^; hyphae 3 ^i ; cystidia none.
Type locality : South Carolina.
Habitat : Dead deciduous wood.
Distribution : South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and lyouisiana.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
