POLYPORUS IRREGULAR IS n. sp.
Pileus irregular, more or less branching, brownish, paler to wards the margin, uneven, subtomentose, with a thin imperfect crust, the under layer of which is darker colored, forming a deli cate brown line in section ; 4-6 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide, the margin usually thin ; context white, floccose-felty pores white, 5 mm. or more deep, irregular, more or less angular, small (0.25 mm.), the dissepiments rather thin, firm, even.
Growing irregularly underneath a pine log, Auburn, Alabama, Feb., 1896.
The older portions are ferruginous brown above, and the tree margins, when developed, are thin and distinctly paler brown for a space of about 1 cm. The extreme margin is sterile, and the pores which are normally even, become irregular and oblique as the margin tends to become erect.