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able, sweet to the taste ; tubes adnate, slightly decurrent on one 

 side, salmon-colored near the margin, incarnate next to the stipe, 

 unchangeable within, the mouths becoming incarnate as the spores 

 mature, mouths angular, i mm. or less broad, elongated to 2 mm. 

 near the stipe, edges thin, entire : spores oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, 

 pale ochraceous-brown, 9-12 x 2-3//: stipe curved, cylindrical, 

 slightly enlarged above, delicately pruinose, not reticulated, deep 

 salmon-colored, changing to incarnate, finely purplish-dotted like 

 the margin of the cap, solid and cream-colored within, 2-3 x 0.5 

 cm. 



A solitary specimen of this very beautiful little species was 

 first found by the writer on the roadside in thin oak woods. Dr. 

 House later collected several specimens of it and sent them to 

 me. He reports it a slower grower, requiring three to five days 

 to develop from the button stage, and its maximum height is 

 rarely more than four centimeters. 



FiSTULlNA HEPATICA Fr. 



Common on chestnut stumps. 



This well-known and widely distributed edible species is easily 

 recognized by its resemblance to a piece of beefsteak. It is 

 found almost exclusively, in this country, on chestnut and oak 

 stumps. 

 FiSTULiNA PALLIDA Berk. & Rav. 



Found only once on the base of a small decayed chestnut tree 

 by the roadside. 



This species probably occurs throughout most of the eastern 

 United States, but it has been rarely collected. The cap is paler 

 in color than that of F. hepatica and the stem is longer and more 

 branched. These characters, with the white flesh, should easily 

 distinguish it. 



Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Scop.) Berk. 



Abundant on shaded banks along roads and trails. 



This species is blackish and shaggy, with white flesh, which 

 on being cut or broken changes to reddish and finally to black. 

 It is abundant everywhere in the woods, and is often collected 



for food. 



Key to the Above Species* 



A. Cap red, without and within, stem very short. Fistulina hepatica 



* See appended key to groups reprinted from ToRREYA for March, 1908. 



