NOVA SCOTIAN FUNGI.—SOMMERS. 19] 
ORDER—Polyporei. 
GEeNUS—Boletus, Fv. 
24. Boletus lividus, Fr. Common. Poisonous. Aug. to Oct. 
25. Boletus pachypus, Fr. In woods; common. Aug. 
GreNuUs—Polyporus, F’r. 
26. Polyporus fomentarus, Fr. On birch; near Truro, N.S. 
July. 
27. Polyporus annosus? Fr. On fallen hemlock trunk ; near 
Truro, N.S. July. Persistent, pores? rich umber brown; mar- 
gins velvety, of a deeper shade; cuticle dense, sooty, spotted or 
indefinitely marked; slate colored; consists of two masses, both 
provided with pores, etc., one resting above the other, but form- 
ing one substance, attached? its whole length at one side; body 
of upper mass extends one inch beyond the lower, the free under 
surface of this mass provided with pores like the lower one; 
Margins sinuous; pileus about five inches in width, by three inches 
in thickness; length, about four inches; very solid; woody; the 
two masses, viewed as a whole, resemble an agaricus with a very 
thick stipe; width of lower portion, three inches; thickness, three 
inches; length, about one and one-half inches. I give its char- 
acters in detail, because my diagnosis is a doubtful one. 
28. Poloporus versicolor, /r. Resupinate; persistent; com- 
mon. On larch, hemlock, birch, ete. 
OrDER—Hydnei. 
GeNnus—Hydnum, Linn. 
Sect.—Mesopus. 
29. Hydnum repandum, LZ. Near the roots of pines. Point 
Pleasant Park, Hx. September. 
GENUS.—Sistotrema, /’r. 
30. Sistotrema confluens, Pers. In the Park. Oe. 
OrDER—Phalloidei. 
GENus—Cynophallus, F%. 
31. Cynophallus caninus, Fr. Found by Mr. R. Morrow in 
a drain on his property. 
OrDER—Trichogastres. 
Genus—Lycoperdon, Tourn. 
32. Lycoperdon ccelatum, Fr. Common in pastures. Aug., 
Sept. 
