Globifomes graveolens (Schwein.) Murrill 1904

Globifomes graveolens (Schw.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 31 : 424. 1904.
Bolelus graveolens Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. I^eipzig 1 : 97. 1822.
Polyporus conglobaius Berk. I^ond. Jour. Bot. 4 : 303. 1845. (Type from Ohio.)
Fomes graveolens Cooke, Grevillea 13: 118. 1884.
Hymenophore polycephalous, globose, having the appearance of being thatched, 8-15 cm. in diameter, the center homogeneous, ferruginous, floccose and rigid : pilei very numerous, cespitose-branched, closely imbricate, occupying the periphery of the mass. Pileus corky, rigid, conchate, usually plicate, 1-3 X 0.5-0.8 cm.; surface radiately sulcate, slightly zonate, purplish-fuscous, pulverulent to glabrous, slightly resinous in appearance', encrusted, grayish-black with age ; margin fulvous, pulverulent, undulate or lobed, subacute, deflexed, sterile on the perpendicular portion, which is from 2 to 3 mm. long : context fioccose, homogeneous, ferruginous, 2-5 mm. thick, with a strong and disagreeable odor when fresh ; tubes 2 mm. long, grayish-umbrinous, mouths circular, whitish-pulverulent to castaiieous, fuliginous with age, edges thick, entire : spores globose or ovoid, smooth, ferruginous, 4 (i ; hyphae dark -brown, 6 ," ; cystidia ovoid, hyaline, rather abundant, 7 X All.
Type locality : Georgia.
Habitat : Dead trunks of oak and beech.
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Distribution : Pennsylvania to Iowa and Georgia.