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^Washington : Bingen, on Pinus ponderosa, W. N. Suksdorf, 

 860. 



14. H. avellaneus Burt, n. sp. 

 Type : in Burt Herb. 



Fructification etfused, soft, membranaceous, 

 separable, upper side between cartridge-buif 

 and olive-buff and under side fuscous, the mar- 

 gin narrow, radiate, colored like the upper sur- 

 face or whitish; in structure 300-400iU. thick, 

 with the hyphae snuff-brown under the micro- p^ ^4 



scope, thick-walled, nodose-septate, rather com- h. aveiianeus. 

 pactly interwoven; basidia 4-spored; spores ^ff^^^' sporex 

 concolorous with the hyphae, angular-subglo- 

 bose, aculeate, the body Q-lVz X 6/a. 



Fructification 5 cm. long, 1 cm. broad. 



On wood of red fir in woods. Washington. October. 



This species is marked by the pale color (nearly avellaneus 

 of Saccardo's ^CHromotaxia') of the upper surface and mar- 

 gin and the fuscous subiculum. 



Specimens examined: 

 Washington: Olympia, C. J. Humphrey, 6305, type. 



15. H. sparsus Burt, n. sp. 



Type : in Farlow Herb, and in Burt Herb. 



Fructification effused, very thin, byssoid, not 

 forming a membrane, adnate, drab, the margin of 

 the same color, indeterminate; in structure 60- 

 75ja thick, with the hyphae hyaline under the mi- 

 croscope, short-celled, irregular in form and di- 

 Fig. 15 ameter, nodose-septate; basidia 4-spored; spores 

 s^ore^^h^^ha 8^i"^yish olivc undcr the microscope, echinulate, 

 X640.' 6-7 X 6/a; no noteworthy color change by KHO 



solution. 

 Fructification 2-3 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad. 

 On bark of fallen frondose limbs. New Hampshire. Au- 

 gust. 



When better known from other collections, H. sparsus may 

 prove to be H. parmosus very sparsely developed. At pres- 



