Ganoderma nitidum Murrill 1908

Ganoderma nitidum Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus corky, woody, dimidiate or nearly circular, applanate, rarely ungulate or columnar by accretion with age, convex above, slightly concave below, 6-10X8-16X1-5-7 cm. ; surface glabrous, abundantly sulcate, laccate, shining, bay to brownish-black, flaky from the excess of resin exuded ; margin ochraceous, subobtuse, undulate to lobed, the new growth often forming a broad lustrous band bordering the hymenium : context very thin, punky, bay, homogeneous, 1-3 mm. thick ; tubes stratified, very long and slender, 1.5-2.5 cm., umbrinous to fuliginous within, mouths circular to slightly angular, stuffed with whitish mycelium when young,, edges obtuse to very thin and uneven, white to umbrinous.
Type collected in the forests of Rio Esperanza, Puerto Sierra, Honduras, on dead trunks, February 28, 1903, P. Wilson 607. Distribution : Honduras.