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This variety approaches Coprinus ovaius in general appearance, but the 

 margin of the pileus is not striated as in that species, and the spores are 

 the same as in C. comaius. 



Cantharellus aurantiacus Fr. 



European authors have classed this among the poisonous or suspected 

 mushrooms. I have eaten it in moderate quantity without experiencing 

 any ill results, and do not regard it as dangerous. Still its flavor is not 

 very enjoyable, and I would not place it among the edible species. 



A form is sometimes found in swamps in which both pileus and lam- 

 ellae are much paler than in the typical form. They are pale yellow or 

 whitish -yellow. I have labeled the specimens waxitty pallidus. 



Polyporus fragrans Fk. 



After heavy rains this fungus has a moist brownish appearance tinged 

 slightly with dull red, and is obscurely zonate. It is paler when dry and 

 sometimes slightly spotted. It is very closely allied to F. fumosus, and 

 perhaps ought to be considered a mere variety of it. It is distinguished 

 by its agreeable odor and by the thinner and sometimes lacerated dis- 

 sepiments of its more unequal and angular pores. It has thus far been 

 found on elm only. 



Polyporus dualis Fk. 



In Sylloge, Vol. vi, p. 208, this fungus has been united with F. cinitiatus, 

 to which it is similar in color and texture, but from which it differs m its 

 shape and habitat. It is dimidiate and stemless, or with only a lateral 

 short stem-like base, and grows from the sides of stumps or dead trunks of 

 spruce or pine trees. The dried specimens are also a little more highly 

 colored than those oi F. circinatus . It does not seem right to disregard 

 entirely such differences, and I am unwilhng to follow the plan of Sylloge 

 in considering this plant identical with P. circinatus. It is at least worthy 

 of varietal distinction, and may stand under the name F. circhiatus Fr. 

 var. dualis Pk. 



Polyporus Schweinitzii Fr. var. hispidoides Fk. 



This differs from F. Schweinitzii as F. dualis does from F. circinatus. 

 The pileus is dimidiate and sessile or with a short lateral stem-like base. 

 It grows from the stumps or dead trunks of pine and spruce trees, and is 

 sometimes imbricated. It is not a variety of F. hispidus as some have 

 thought. The species is quite variable, not only in the shape of the 

 pileus, but also in the shape and size of the pores. These are sometimes 



