No. 4] [October, 1872. 



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A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY, 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

 By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



{Continued from Page 39.) 



— 12G. Polyporus (Pleuropus) Amygdalinus. B. & Bar. — Olidus ; 

 pileo carnoso, subimbricato, laterali, luride-flavo, hie illic squamis 

 omnino adnatis, obscurioribus notato ; stipite obsoleto ; poris si- 

 nuosis, irregularibns, parvis, albis ; No. 1153. Car. Inf. Ravenel. 

 On rotten oak logs. 



Pileus 3 inches across, fleshy, somewhat imbricated, of a dull 

 yellow, with adpressed dark scales; stem rudimentary ; spores ^L inch 

 across, waved, irregular. Smells strongly of vanilla or bitter almonds. 



* P. (Pleuropus) rhipidius. B. — Rav. Fung. Car. Fasc. 1, No. 9. 

 No. 1719, Car. Inf. Curtis. Ravenel. Ohio, Lea. No. 5070, New 

 England, Sprague. Has a wide subtropical range. 



* P. (Merisma) cristatus, Fr., No. 6218. Wisconsin, Lapham. 

 ~ 127. P.(Merisma) subgiganteus. B.8f C. — Pileo dilatato, lobato, 

 flexuoso, rugoso-undulato, villoso-scabro, margine inflexo ; poris. 

 irregularibus ; dissepimentis, tenuibns, No. 5594. Conn., C. Wright. 



Pileus some inches across ; 2 long, lobed, flexuose, ragged 

 and waved, clothed with down which becomes in parts shortly 

 strigose or scabrous ; margin inflected ; pores -^ inch across, but 

 very variable ; dissepiments thin. Flesh compact, not fibrous. 



* P. (Merisma) anax. B.— No. 517. Car. Sup. Curtis. Ohio, 

 Lea. 



* P. (Anodermei) lacteus. Fr. — No. 899, Car. Inf. Ravenel. 

 on pine logs. No. 1863, Rhode Island, Bennett. No. 5390, New 

 Eng., Sprague. 



* P. (Anodermei) epileucus. Fr. — No. 2366, Car. Inf. Curtis. 



* P. (Anodermei) testaceus. Fr — No. 4279. Penns., Michener. 



* P. (Anodermei) borealis. Fr. — No. 2941, 4771. Car. Inf. 

 Curtis, 3576, 3617. Penns., Michener. 



* P. (Anodermei) tephroleucus. Fr. — No. 42^2, Penns. Mi- 

 chener ; on Liriodendron. 



