Fungi of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Favolus tenuis (Hook.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 32 : 100. 1905
Boietzis reliculaiusIiooi. in'K.wnXh.Syn.Vl. 1; (9). 1822. (Type from the Andes.) NotB.relicu-
latus SchaefF. Bolehis tenuis Hook, in Kunth, Syn. PL 1 : (10). 1822.
Polyporus bivalvis Pers.; Gaud. Voy. Freyc. Bot. 168. 1826. (Type from Rawak.) Poly porus poly grammus Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 8 : 365. 1837. (Type from Cuba.) Hexagona orbiculaia Fries, Fungi Guin. /. 9. 1837. (Type from Guinea.) Hexagona cervino-plumbea Jungh. Crypt. Javae 61. pi. 15, f. 32. 1838. (Type from Java.) Hexagona polygramma Fries, Epicr. Myc. 497. 1838. — Mont. PI. Cell. Cuba 379. pi. 14, f. 3.
1842. (Type from Cuba.) Hexagona tenuis Fries. Epicr. Myc. 498. 1838.
Hexagona cingulata L^v. Ann. Sci. Nat. HI. 2 ; 200. 1844. (Type from Hispaniola.) Hexagona similis Berk. I^ond. Jour. Bot. 5 : 4. 1846. (Type from Australia.) '^Hexagona unico lor Varies, Nov. Svmb. 101. 1851. (Type from Tropical America.) Hexagona Thwaitesii^&r^. & Curt. Pro^::. Am. Acad. 4: 122. 1860. (Type from Bonin Island.) Hexagona favoloides Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 10 : 73. 1883. (Type from the Roatan Islands,
Honduras.) Hexagona tenuis sitb tenuis Cooke, Grevillea 19 : 103. 1891. (Type from Central America.)
Pileus coriaceous, reniform, conchate or applanate, narrowly attached behind, 3-6 X 5-11 X 0.1-0.3 cm.; surface glabrous, polished, pale wood-colored to avellaneous-umbrinous, repeatedly narrowly zonate ; margin very thin, usually entire or slightly undulate : context membranous, pale-isabelline, 0.5-1 mm. thick ; tubes very short, 1-2 mm. long, avellaneous within, mouths alveolar, circular, to hexagonal, exceedingly variable in size in different collections, averaging 0.5-1 mm. in diameter, edges rather thick, firm, entire.
Type locality : Between Popayan and Almaguer, Co^mbia. Habitat : Dead deciduous wood. Distribution : Tropical regions. less ↑

Pycnoporus sanguineus is a white rot saprobic fungus. It was discovered on Guana Island (part of the Virgin Islands) but occurs throughout the tropics, usually growing on dead hardwoods. It grows in the form of a thin dry conk with a lateral attachment to its substrate, is bright orange on all surfaces with concentric zonation, and the pores on the underside are minute. It is inedible due to its tough texture. less ↑

Funalia villosa (Sw.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 32 : 356. 1905
Boletus villosus S-^ . Prodr. 148. 1788.— Sw. Fl. Ind. Dec. 3: 1923. 1806. Favohts villosus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1 : 344. 1821. Polyporus villosus Fries, Bpicr. Myc. 475. 1838.
Pileus effused-reflexed, imbricate, laterally connate, coriaceous, the refiexed portion 2-3X3-6X0.3-0.8 cm.; surface villose, spuriously and opaquely zoned, grayishwhite, becoming umbrinous to ferruginous behind with age; margin thin, acute, concolorous, undulate to lobed : context pallid, very thin, membranous, fibrous, scarcely a mm. thick ; tubes slender, 5-7 mm. long, isabelline within, mouths very variable in size and shape, 0.5-2 mm. broad, circular to angular or slightly daedaleoid, edges thin, entire to toothed, grayish-isabelline, pale rose-tinted when fresh : spores oblong-allantoid, smooth, hyaline, scanty, 6-8 X2-4/i ; hyphae 2-2.5^.
Type locality : Jamaica.
Habitat : Dead deciduous and coniferous wood. Distribution : Florida, Louisiana, and tropical America. PJxsiCCATi : KlHs & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 25*^7. less ↑