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416 ; Ell. & Ev. N. A. Fung. 1924., 1923, 1926, 1927, 192S ; 

 Undervv. & Cook, Illus. Fung. 18; Shear, N. Y. Fung. 40; 

 Canada, Macon n, Dcarness ; Maine, Blake, Miss White; Connecti- 

 cut, Seymour, Earle, Miss White, Underwood; New York, Barbour, 

 Peck, Mrs. Brit ton, Underwood, Earle, Murrill ; New Jersey, 

 Martin tale, Earle, Anderson, Murrill; Delaware, Commons; 

 Pennsylvania, Stevenson, Sumstine, Gentry; Maryland, Miss Ban- 

 ning, Shear, Richer ; Virginia, Murrill; North Carolina, Mem- 

 minger ; Georgia, Harper 2037a, 2042c ; Alabama, Earle, Baker ; 

 Louisiana, Langlois ; Florida, Calkins; Ohio, Morgan; Tennes- 

 see, Murrill 394, 607 ; Kansas, Bartholomew ; Wisconsin, Baker ; 

 Texas, Hodson. 



4. Agaricus Aesculi (Schw.) 

 Boletus Aeseuli flavae Schw. Syn. Fung. Car. 70. 1818. 

 Polyporus Aesculi Fr. Elench. 99. 18 18. 

 Trametes incana Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 4 : 305. 1845. Not 7. 



incana Lev. 

 Daedalca ambigua Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 4: 305. 1845. 

 Trametes ambigua Fr. Nov. Symb. 96. 1 8 5 1 . 

 Trametes lactea Fr. Nov. Symb. 96. 185 1. 

 Lenzites glabcrrima B. & C. Grevillea I : 34. 1872. 

 Daedalca glaberrima B. & C. Grevillea I : 67. 1872. 

 Trametes Berkeley i Cooke in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 194. 1891. 



The first description recorded of this species is that made by 

 Schweinitz in his Synopsis under the name of Boletus Aesculi flavae, 

 which is as follows : 



" B. minor subimbricatus, pileo dimidiato duriusculo fornicato 

 glabriusculo pallido margine sterili, poris minutis sulphureis." 



" In arboribus, imprimis Aesculi flavae Wilkes County, ad 

 ripam Yadhin. Caespites duas tresve uncias longi. Parum im- 

 bricatus, fere simplex. Pileus suberosus, subtenuis, basi crassior, 

 glaber, tactu subtomentosus. Pori demum nigrescunt." 



This is not a good description of the plant. Several state- 

 ments in it are misleading as well as incomplete. It is possible 

 that Schweinitz confused this species with one ordinarily known 

 as P. hemilcucus, rather common in the Carolinas. This supposi- 

 tion would account for Fries' remark with reference to the speci- 

 men sent him by Schweinitz that it was " rubiginosus." How- 



