Plicatura nivea (Fr.) P. Karst. 1889

Plicatura nivea (Fries) P. Karst. Finl. Basidsv.
Merulius serpens Sommerf. Suppl. Fl. I,app. 268. 1826. Not i^. serpenslo^t (Abh. Hall. Nat.
Ges. 1: 355), 1783. Merulius niveus Fries, lElench. Fung. 1 : 59. 1828.
Plicatura Alni Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24 : 76. 1872. (Type from New York. ) Trogia Alni Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29 : 66. 1878. Chanterel candtdus Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 323. 1898. (Type from Newfoundland.)
Pileusthin, coriaceous, imbricate, effused-reflexed, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad ; surface brownishtawny, silkytomentulose, margin sterile: lamellae plicate, unequal, interrupted, narrow, angular, obtuse, undulate or crisped, white, becoming inconspicuous at times on drying, but reappearing on the application of moisture: spores minute, narrowly cylindric, slightly curved, hyaline, 5-6/^ long.
' By Wii^liam Ai^phonso Murrii^l. VoivUME 9, Part 3, 1910]
163 164 Type LOCALITY : Lapland. Habitat : On decaying trunks of A Inns, etc.
Distribution: Eastern Canada to New York ; also in northern Europe. ,. ._ t7„„„;