220 PLANT LIFK OK ALABAMA. 



Russula vellerea Fr. 



Lt-e Coiiiity. DfcPinluT, 189fi (liaker). 



Russula virescens (Schaef. ) Fr. 

 Alii. Bull.'Jfir). 



Lc«> Couuty. July, 1896 ( I'ndencood .f- Earle). 

 New .leraev, Ohio. Europe. 

 Edible. 



Tribe SCHIZOPHYLLEAR. 



SCHIZOPHYLLUM Fr. 



Schizophyllum commune Fr. 



Ala. l',iill.L't;5. Cornell l?ull.2»>. 



(hi .staiuliuf? trunks and brandies. Mobile County, Decfniber, 1895 (Earle). Lee 

 County, February, June, 189t) (I'nderwoud .( Earle). WiuHtou Couuty, June, 1896 

 ( L'nderwood). 



On diseaseil timber; common throujjhont the State. 



Louisiana, New Jersey, Oliio. Euro])e. 



Tribe MARASMIEAE. 



XEROTUS Fr. 



Xerotus viticola B. & C. 



Peters coll., as X.nUjrata. Ala. Bull. 265. 



{Peters.) 



South Carolina. 



LENTINUS Fr. 



Lentinus lecontei Fr. 



Ala. Bull. 260. Cornell Bull. 26. 



On dead trunks. Lee County, Auburn, February .22, 1891 {AikinHon). 



Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio. 



Lentinus lepideus Fr. 



Ala. Bull. 260. Cornell Bull. 26. 



In woods. Lee County, Auburn, August, 1890 (AtMnson). 



On pine wood. Lee County, May, June, July, 1896 ( Underwood .)■ Earh) ; October, 

 December, 1896 (Earle). 



Lentinus ravenelii B. & C. . 



Ala. Bull. 260. 

 (Beaumont.) 

 South Carolina. 



Lentinus strigosus Fr. 



Ala. Bull. 260. 



Lee County, February, April, 1896 (Underwood tf- Earle); Tuscaloosa County, May, 

 1896 (Underwood); Winston County, June, 1896. Rather common. 



Lentinus tigrinus (Bull ) Fr. 

 Peters coll. Ala. Bull. 260. 



Northern Alabama (Peters). Lee County, April, 1896 ( Undei-wood <j- Earle). 

 Ohio. Europe. 



Lentinus underwoodii Peck, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 414. 1896. 

 Ala. Bull. 260. 

 On Quercus. Macon County, July, 1896 ( (nderwood). 



Lentinus ventricosus Peck, Bull. Terr. Club, 23 : 414. 1896. 



Ala. Bull. 261. 



On the ground. Lee County, December, 1895 ( Uvdertcood) ; November, 1896 (Earle). 



This curious species can hardly be a I.entinus. The gills are not notched; the 

 flesh is soft and watery, and it has a remarkabh- thick leathery veil. When these 

 plants are revised, it will doubtless stand as the type for a new genus. 



