Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pyropolyporus pseudosenex Murriil, sp. nov
Pileus very hard, woody, dimidiate, applanate, usually concave below, 12-20 X 15-30 X 2-3 cm.; surface glabrous, horny-encrusted, subshining, repeatedly slightly sulcate, chestnut-brown to nearly black ; margin thin, subobtuse, undulate to lobed, ferruginous : context woody, ferruginous, 3-5 mm. thick; tubes evenly stratified, at times separated by layers of context, 2-3 mm. long each season, fulvous within, mouths circular, very minute, 6 to a mm., edges obtuse, entire, becoming darkfulvous : spores globose, smooth, fulvous, copious, 4-5^; cystidia none.
Type collected in Nicaragua, in 1891-2, C. L. Smith. Habitat : Decayed trunks. Distribution : Mexico and Nicaragua.
- 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
