54 Rhodora [Marcu 
The location of these morels was peculiar. Many were growing 
on or near rocks.’ Only the small amount of clayey subsoil, which 
had adhered to the rocks, on their being thrown aside, made their 
growth possible. One large specimen was growing from the side of a 
square paving stone of granite. This clayey subsoil had been thrown 
under an elm tree by workmen who had recently completed the side- 
walk mentioned. All the morels were found in a space of about 
fifteen square feet. 
Specimens which I sent to Dr. Charles H. Peck of Albany, New 
York, for examination proved to be the first living morels he had ever 
seen in October. He found the spores from dried specimens to agree 
well with those of M. conica, although a few ran up to 32 X 20 u in 
size. 
The specimens ran smaller than typical M. conica and the scurf 
on the stem was darker colored. "The color of the hymenium and the 
whitening of the edges of the ridges, the lateral growth and the 
tendency of all the larger ones to depart from the conical form, and the 
opening of the apex have led Dr. Peck to consider this plant a distinct 
variety, of which a description may be looked for in his next report. 
Hereafter, then, it will do no harm to look for morels in the fall. 
Dr. Peck writes: “I have not before known of a morel appearing 
in autumn, and it may be an interesting question whether this should 
be considered a belated early summer form, or an extraordinary pre- 
cocious spring form or an autumnal form pure and simple. If it 
never appears except in autumn I think it should be deemed worthy 
of specific distinction instead of varietal. Further observations must 
settle this.” 
ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS. 
[Specimens of this collection are in the herbarium of the Boston Mycological 
Club.] 
SOLIDAGO CALCICOLA IN VERMONT. 
GEORGE L. Krnk. 
Ware botanizing on Mount Killington in September, 1910, in 
company with Harold G. Rugg of Hanover, N. H., and D. Lewis 
Dutton of Brandon, Vt., I found growing in an open spot by the road- 
