POLYPORUS MELIAE n. sp.
Pileus convex, dirty white, subtomentose, anoderm, 5-8 cm. in diameter, occasionally coalescing ; margin obtuse, sometimes extending nearly or quite around the pores; cortex floccose corky, whitish ; pores cream white, becoming darker with age, more or less rirnose, 5-6 mm. deep, minute (about 0.2 mm.), the
dissepiments firm, slightly uneven, usually with obtuse edges ; spores narrowly oblong, 6x3, hyaline.
On branches of Melia Azederach, Auburn, Alabama, Oct., 1895. In very old specimens the layer of pores becomes cracked in • all directions and very much discolored.