Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Bjerkandera terebrans (Berk. & Curt.) MurrilL
Polyporiis terebrans Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10 : 306. 1868.
Pileus subflesliy, thick, flabelliform, convex, 4X4-5X1 cm., attached by a thick, laterally-compressed, concolorous, pubescent elongation resembling a stipe, but probably the result of an effort on the part of the sporophore to escape from the substratum ; surface isabelline or luteous, pubescent-scabrous, azonate, smooth ; margin obtuse, entire : context white to isabelline, homogeneous, soft-corky, nearly 1 cm. thick; tubes whitish when young, fuliginous in dried specimens, less than 1 mm., mouths 4 to a mm., edges obtuse, entire : spores not examined.
Type locality : Cuba.
Habitat : On dead 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
