Inonotus splitgerberi (Mont.) Ryvarden 1972

Flaviporellus splitgerberi (Mont.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 32 : 486. 1905.
Polyporus Splitgerberi ^^on.. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 16: 109. 1841.— Syll. Crypt. 164. 1856.
Polyporus sulphuratus Fries, Nov. Symb. 79. 1851. (Type from Mexico.)
Polyporus rheicolor Berk. & Curt. Jour. I^inn. Soc. 10 : 313. 1868. (Type from Cuba.)
Pileus thin, dimidiate to spatulate-cuneate, densely imbricate, gibbous behind, 2^X 3-8 X 0.1-0.2 cm. ; surface anoderm, fibrose-radiate, subzonate, smooth, flavous-luteous with reddish-fulvous spots or zones, fulvous or umbrinous behind; margin very thin, subfibrous, inflexed or folded when dry, broadly sterile, golden-yellow: context radiate-fibrous, corky to woody, very hard next to the tubes, 1 mm. thick, bright shining-flavous ; tubes annual, melleous within, scarcely a mm. long, mouths circular to angular, 4-6 to a mm., pale-luteous to melleous, edges very thin, becoming dentate-lacerate with age : spores smooth, ovoid or ellipsoid, subhyaline or pale-luteous, 4-5 X 3^ ; hyphae 3^ thick.
Type locality : Surinam, on dead standing trunks.
Habitat : Dead wood.
Distribution: Mexico; Cuba; also in Surinam.