146 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 9 
plane in mass, becoming somewhat depressed next to the stipe, mouths dark-melleous, 
becoming browner with age, slightly angular, of medium size: spores fusiform, smooth, 
pale-ochraceous under a microscope from dried specimens, 10-12 4-5: stipe cylindric, 
equal, curved at the base, white, delicately but distinctly reticulate nearly to the base, 
slightly pruinose, solid, white and unchanging within, about 5 cm. long and 1 cm. thick. 
Type collected in Pink Bed Valley, North Carolina, 1000 meters, on the ground in oak-chest- 
nut woods, July, 1908, W. A. Murrill &@ H. D. House 63. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
30. Ceriomyces retipes (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill, 
Mycologia 1: 151. 1909. 
Boletus retipes Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 1: 36. 1872. 
Boletus ornatipes Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 67. 1878. (Type from New York.) 
Pileus convex above, concave or plane beneath, rarely cespitose, 5-12 cm. broad, 1-2 
cm. thick, surface dry, opaque, somewhat viscid when wet, minutely tomentose to glabrous, 
sometimes covered with a yellow pulverulence, varying in color from yellow or yellowish- 
brown to fuliginous: context firm, light- to deep-yellow, unchanging, mild or slightly 
bitter; tubes adnate, slightly decurrent, somewhat depressed with age, 1 cm. or more long, 
clear lemon-yellow when young, becoming dull-yellow at maturity, darker with age, but 
not changing when wounded, mouths circular to angular, less than 1 mm. broad, slightly 
flesh-colored when bruised: spores oblong, smooth, yellowish-brown, 11-14 3-4.5#: stipe 
subequal, often bulbous at the base, distinctly and beautifully reticulate, sometimes en- 
tirely to the base, yellowish-pulverulent in some specimens, yellow and firm within, yellow 
or yellowish-brown without, 5-12 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: North Carolina. 
HABITAT: In thin woods. 
DISTRIBUTION : Nova Scotia to Alabama and west to Wisconsin. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi 162; Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 10: £1. 80, f. 1-5. 
31. Ceriomyces alabamensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus plane when expanded, solitary, 7 cm. broad ; surface smooth, glabrous, yellowish- 
brown, with partially separable cuticle; margin thin, fertile, subentire: context white, 
tinged with pink; tubes adnate, decurrent, yellowish when young, stained brown with the 
spores at maturity, mouths rather large, angular, irregular: spores oblong-ellipsoid, 
smooth, yellowish-brown, 7-9 X 3-4: stipe eccentric, flexuous, slightly tapering below, 7 
cm. long, 1.3 cm. thick, concolorous, glabrous, reticulate above with brown lines. 
Type collected near Auburn, Alabama, July, 1896, Z. Af. Underwood & F.S. Earle. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
32. Ceriomyces guadelupensis (Pat.) Murrill. 
Boletus guadelupensis Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 16: 177. 1900. 
Pileus small, fleshy, convex, 2-3 cm. broad ; surface chestnut-brown, very finely tomen- 
tose, adorned with short, erect, floccose filaments; margin incurved, thin, appendiculate, 
paler: context thin, yellowish, reddish beneath the cuticle; tubes short, yellowish-brown, 
mouths small, angular: spores very long, oblong-ovoid, smooth, rounded at the apex, 
apiculate at the base, ochraceous, 1- or 2-guttulate, 16-20 x 6-8 #; cystidia prominent, cylin- 
dric, yellow: stipe slender, ventricose, yellow, with red striations, marked with fine, 
close ribs. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Guadeloupe. 
HaBITaT: On decayed wood. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
33. Ceriomyces Maxoni Murrill, Mycologia 1: 219. 1909. 
Pileus irregularly circular in outline, convex, slightly depressed, 7 cm. broad. 1-1.5 
em, thick; surface glabrous, smooth, very dark-brown, almost black near the isco 
slightly lighter at the center with dark blotches, margin undulate, involute: context very 
