Dichomitus squalens (P. Karst.) D. A. Reid 1965

Tyromyces ellisiaaus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus eflused-reflexed, laterally connate, imbricate, fleshy-tough to rigid, the reflexed portion dimidiate or laterally elongate, 1-2X2-5X0.5-1.5 cm.; surface uneven, pulverulent to glabrous or slightly scabrous, white to isabelline, with narrow testaceous zones, sometimes azonate ; margin acute or slightly obtuse, inflexed in dried specimens, white, entire or undulate : context rather thick, firm and somewhat fragile when dry, white, about 5 mm. thick; tubes white to pallid or very pale-latericeous within, 3-5 mm. long, slender, mouths circular to slightly angular, rather even,' 5 to a mm., edges thin, white to isabelline or pale-latericeous, entire or slightly dentate : spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 4 // ; hyphae 8 II ; cystidia none.
Type collected at Newfield, New Jersey, on a dead pine trunk,/. B. Ellis. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Tyromyces anceps (Peck) Murrill
Polyporus anceps Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 22 : 207. 1895.
Pileus effused, resupinate or narrowly reflexed, inseparable from the matrix, firm, subcorky, slightly flexible, rigid when dry, the reflexed portion 1-2 cm. long, extending laterally for several centimeters by confluence, about 1 cm. thick behind; surface minutely downy, sometimes rugosely pitted, milk-white or slightly discolored, azonate ; margin rather thin, acute, coiicolorous, undulate : context white, fleshy-tough, somewhat fragile when dry, 5-8 mm. thick ; tubes 3-5 mm. long, white to pallid within, slender, mouths regular, even, circular, 5-6 to a mm., glistening, white to very pal e-avellan ecus, edges obtuse, entire: spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 5/^; hyphaeS/^; cystidia none.
Type locality : Stony Brook, Massachusetts.
Habitat : Dead hemlock trunks.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Dichomitus squalens is a species of fungus belonging to the family Polyporaceae.

It is native to Eurasia and Northern America.