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1 20. P. psittacimun Ditmar. 



- Monmouth, July, 1897 (Merrill). This is Leocarpiis psittaci- 

 mim in Morgan's Myx. M. V. Our specimens are fine. 



121, P. viride Pers. var. aiirantiaciiin. 

 On decaying pine logs, Orono, 1897 (Harvey). This is PJiy- 



sarunt aitrcuni Pers. 



color and then cannot be distinguished from/^. nutans^ the stalks 



of both species being always alike. 



On weathering, this form loses its orange 



122. P. alhipcs Link. 



Orono, 1897 (Harvey). 



We sent a specimen to Mr. Morgan 

 who says : '' Rostafinski included this species in Tilmadochc nu- 

 tans. The stipe is long as in PJiysanun nutans, but the base is 



not umbilicate.'' 



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and I should prefer to label your specimen as you have it rather 

 than P. nutans Pers. 



123. P, Icncophaeuni vioh 



Orono, 1896 (Harvey). Mr. Morgan says : ** Your specimen 

 is very beautiful ; sporangia almost destitute of lime and scarcely 

 any in the capillitium. 



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It is Rostafinski' s var. violaccus. You 



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124. P, Colunibimun obovatum A. & S. 



Orono, Me., 1896 (Harvey). Mr. Morgan made the following 

 note on specimens sent him : "This is a puzzle. Lister would 

 promptly refer it to Lamprodcnna physanoides A. & S., but it is 

 not what I understand to be that species, which is perfectly globose 

 and has a silvery sheen. I should call it Physaruni Columbimnn 

 obovatuni in the Conspectus of A. & S." 



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II, P, sinuosuni Fr. 



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Monmouth, Me., July, 1897 (Merrill). In fine development. 

 This is F. bivalve Pers. in Lister's Monograph. 



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July, 1897 (M 



These specimens have 



a grayish fragile cortex and appear different from ordinary forms 



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