Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Phaeolopsis verae-crucis (Berk.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 32: 490. 1905.
Polyporus Verae-crucis Berk. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist; 10 : Suppl. 369. pi. 9-12. 1843.
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Pileus fleshy to tough, becoming figid, flabelliform, with stipe lateral or excentric, depressed behind, 5-6X7-8X0-2-0.3 cm.; surface anoderm, azonate, glabrous, radiatestriate, bright-fuscous, darker with age ; margin acute, undulate to lobed, inflexed when dry : context dark yellowish-orange in dried specimens, rhubarb-yellow when fresh, tough and fibrous, glistening, 1-2 mm. thick; tubes annual, about 1 mm. long, rhubarb-yellow when fresh, becoming fuscous, mouths minute, circular, regular, 6-7 to a mm., edges thin, equal, entire : stipe excentric or lateral, attenuate below, rhubarb -yellow when fresh, rough, slightly tomentose, resembling the context within.
Type locality : Vera Cruz.
Habitat : Roots of trees.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- 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
