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the base, slightly angular,o.5 mm.in diameter; dissepiments thin, 
entire; context white, probably fleshy when fresh, compact, 
homogeneous, about 7 mm. thick at the centre, gradually becom- 
ing thinner; margins thin, slightly involute when dry; stem some- 
what bulbous at base, 3 cm. or more long, tapering above, I cm. 
in diameter at the apex, 1.5 cm. below, somewhat darker than the 
pores. 
Growing in soil on the side of a cafion near the Soldier’s Home, 
near Los Angeles, California. Feburary, 1896. Dr. H. E. Hasse. 
(Communicated by A. J. McClatchie.) : 
A very characteristic species; the pileus in drying presents a 
very irregular surface, certain points which have the appearance » 
of slight imbrications remaining more elevated, while the inter- 
mediate spaces become deeply depressed; it is hoped that more 
material can be secured of this interesting plant and that its char- 
acters may be noted in the field. The measurements were made 
from the dry specimen and are naturally somewhat less than in the 
fresh condition. 
PoLyporus EARLEI n. sp. 
Mesopous; terrestrial ; stem 4-5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. or more 
thick, colored like the pileus; pileus 7-12 cm. each way, cinereous, 
slightly darker towards the centre; margin very thin, much in- 
curved in drying; context soft-fleshy, grayish, drying to a thin 
layer; pores I-2 mm. deep, somewhat whitish-stuffed when 
young, cinereous gray, paler when young and, towards the mar- 
gin, small (less than 0.5 mm.), the dissepiments rather firm, entire. 
Pine woods, Auburn, Alabama, Nov., 1896. Prof. F. S. 
Earle. 
The plant is cinereous throughout and retains this color when 
dry. It gives me great pleasure to associate with this plant, the 
name of my former genial co-laborer and companion in many 
“ fungus forays,” who is contributing largely to our knowledge of 
mycology in a much neglected section of the Union. 
POLYPORUS FLAVO-SQUAMOSUS N. sp. 
Pleuropous; terrestrial; stem 7-8 cm. long, 4-5 cm. thick, 
slightly flattened, irregularly roughened, colored like the pileus; 
pileus 15 cm. each way, yellowish, with a slight tinge of greenish; 
covered with rather small floccose imbricate scales, which form a 
very thin fragile crust, channeled behind where the edges nearly — ; 
meet ; margin rather acute, more or less incurved in drying ; con- 
text white or slightly yellowish, fleshy, firm, becoming almost 
woody when dry; pores 5 mm. deep, rather large (about 1 mm.), 
