Phylloporia spathulata (Hook.) Ryvarden 1991

Coltricia spathulata (Hook.) Murrill
Boletus spathulatus Hook, in Kunth, Syn. PI. 1 : (9). 1822.
Polyporus multiformis Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 1 : 125. 1854. (Type from Guiana.)
Pileus small, coriaceous, multiform, varying from dimidiate to reniform or spatulate, or separated into several distinct lobes, 0.5-1.5X1-2.5X0.1-0.2 cm.; surface narrowly zonate, silky, rarely depressed, flavous to ferruginous-fulvous witiL fulvous or chestnut-colored zones ; margin flavous, verythin, undulate to lobed : context membranous, verythin, flavous, with a. black line near the surface, scarcely a mm. thick ; tubes very short, exceedingly minute, not decurrent, less than 1 mm. long, mouths angular, stuffed when young, flavous to umbrinous, about 10 to a mm., edges thin, subentire : spores smooth, yellowishbrown : stipe lateral, excentric or erect, irregular, often branched, velvety, solid, tough, ferruginous to fulvous, 2-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality : Near I^ochsa, Peru.
Habitat : On the ground or on dead wood in woods.
Distribution: Mexico; Honduras; Bahamas; also in Peru, Guiana, and Brazil.