Fomes meliae (Underw.) Murrill 1903

Trametes subnivosa Murrill, sp. nov
, Pileus imbricate, sessile, dimidiate, laterally connate, very rigid when dry, 3-5 X 6-8 X 1 cm. ; surface finely tomentose to glabrous, smooth, anoderm, opaque, white to sordidwhite, azonate; margin thin, irregular, undulate, sterile, pallid: context zonate, white to discolored, fibrous-corky, very firm, 4-7 mm. thick; tubes 2-4 mm. long, white within, moutlis regular, nearly even, 6 to a mm., edges thin, subentire, white to isabellme or
avellaneous, glistening, umbrinous with age : spores smooth, hyaline.
Type collected in lyouisiana, on dead deciduous wood, January, 1887, A. B. Langlots. Distribution : Missouri, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Trametes submurina Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus broadly effused, reflexed, imbricate, sessile, dimidiate, laterally connate, 1-2.5 X-3-5 X 0.5-1.5 cm. ; surface rough, uneven, anoderm, finely tomentose, murinous, sometimes almost white ; margin rather thick, undulate, pallid : context white, zonate, fibrouscorky, firm, 5-8 mm. thick ; tubes 1-2 mm. long, white to slightly yellowish within, mouths circular, quite regular, 4-5 to a mm., edges rather thick, entire, becoming thinner and slightly dentate; white to discolored : spores smooth, hyaline.
Type collected at Hope Gardens, Jamaica, on old logs, November 16, 1902, P. S. Earle 483. Distribution: Jamaica ; Cuba ; St. John.

Fomes meliae (Underw.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 30: 232. 1903.
Polyporus Meliae Underw. Bull. Torrey Club 24 : 85. 1897.
Pi!eus corky, conchate or ungulate, thick and decurrent at the base, often imbricate, 3-5X5-8X1-3 cm.; surface anoderm, nearly smooth, subtomentose to glabrous, dirtywhite; margin obtuse, concolorous : context corky, pallid, indistinctly zonate, 0.5-1 cm. thick; tubes unevenly stratose, 3-6 mm. long each season, cremeous, becoming discolored, mouths circular, 5 to a mm., edges usually obtuse, firm, entire, becoming smoky-white, and the hymenium cracking in all directions with age : spores oblong, smooth, hyaline, 3X6/Z.
Type locality: Alabama, on branches oi Melia Azederach. Habitat : Branches of Melia, Gleditsia^ and Fraxinus. Distribution : Known only from Alabama. *

Trametes lignea Murrill, sp. ndv
Pileus ungulate, dimidiate, sessile, somewhat laterally connate, slightly decurrent, 3X6X3 cm.; surface smooth, anoderm, azonate, glabrous, white to isabelline ; margin thick, obtuse, entire, concolorous : context homogeneous, woody, white, 2.5 cm. thick ; tubes 5 mm. long, white within, mouths angular, irregular, averaging 3 to a mm., edges rather thin, entire, white to slightly discolored : spores smooth, hyaline.
Type collected in Nicaragua, on dead timber, in 1891-2, C. L. Smith. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Fomes meliae is a plant pathogen that causes wood rot on nectarine, peach and Platanus sp. (Sycamore).