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This large species was found at an elevation of 10,000 feet. 
It is well marked by the peculiar areolate and scaly cracking of 
the surface of the pileus. The scales of the stem are similar to 
those of the pileus. The lamellae are thicker than those of Lem- 
tinus lepideus and the spores are smaller. The scales are concolor- 
ous, not spot-like, as in that species. 
LENTINUS UNDERWOODII. 
Pileus fleshy, tough, convex or nearly plane, the glabrous sur- 
face cracking into areola-like scales which are indistinct or we 
ing toward the margin, whitish or slightly tinged with buff or pale 
ochraceous, flesh white; lamellae moderately close, dccu 
slightly connected or anastomosing at the base, somewhat notche 
on the edge, whitish, becoming discolored in drying; stem stout, 
hard, solid, eccentric, squamose, colored like the pileus; spores 
oblong, .0005-.0006 in. long, .0002-.00025 broad; plant cacti 
tose; pileus 3-6 in. broad; stem 1.5—3 in. long, about I in. thick. 
Wood of oak. Tuskegee, Alabama. July. Prof. L. M. Under- 
wood. 
This differs from L. magnus in its caespitose habit, eccentric 
stem, longer spores, less distinctly areolate-squamose pileus and | 
in its habitat. The lamellae are connected at the base very much — 
like those of Pleurotus ostreatus. 
LENTINUS VENTRICOSUS. 
Pileus fleshy, nearly plane above, glabrous, shining, white, ur 
thin margin involute, flesh whitish; lamellae narrow, close, ane 
serrate on the edge, whitish ; stem short, thick, ventricose, gene 4 
solid, abruptly narrowed or pointed at the base, annulate, wh! - 
tinged within with isabelline; spores .0004 to .0005 in. long, — ee 
to .00024 broad; pileus 4 to 6 in. broad; stem 1.5 to 2 in. ong, = 
nearly as broad in the thickest part. 3 
Auburn, Alabama. December. Underwood. oe 
A species well marked by its white glabrous pileus and its” : 
short ventricose annulate stem, 
PHOLIOTA SABULOSA. 
Pileus convex or nearly plane, glabrous, pale yellowish-brow? + 
lamellae adnate, subdistant, yellowish-brown; stem short, equa™ 
or slightly tapering downwards, hollow, colored like or 4 li 
__ paler than the pileus, paler above the slight subevanescent annulus 
spores subelliptical, brownish-ferruginous, .0003 to .0004 in. long, 
