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towards the surface and disappearing at the sterile base; veins pearly white; 

 spores single, globose, smooth, enclosed in semi-opaque investments or 

 utricles, with oil globules, supported upon somewhat tortuous sterigmata, 

 13 II in diam. 



Type^ No. 154, Harkness Coll. 



Under Acer, Calistoga, Napa County, Calif., April. 



43. Leucophleps foveolata, sp. nov. 



Subglobose, color white or faintly citron; peridium attenuate, minutely 

 pitted; gleba white; veins white; cells rotund; spores white, smooth, guttu- 

 late, 7x12 /x. 



Type, No. 209, Harkness Coll. A second specimen (No. 243) was collected 

 in the same locality. 



In moist earth beside a rivulet. Mill Valley, Marin 

 County, Calif., July. 



Differing from L. magnaia in external characters and 

 size of spore. 



44. Leucophleps Candida, sp. nov. 



White, 2 cm. in diam., irregular, firm, surface completely studded with 

 depressions of very variable circumference; peridium wanting; gleba of pearly 

 whiteness; cells crowded and plentiful; spores globose, 8 ^t in diam. 



Type, No. 207, Harkness Coll. 



Mill Valley, Marin County, Calif., June. 



45. Leucophleps odorata, sp. nov. 



Plate XLIII, Figs. 90-9*^. 



Large, 3-4 cm. in diam., color orange, irregularly lobed or oblong, no 

 fibrous attachment, slightly crepitating under pressure. Odor nauseating. 



Type, No. 251, Harkness Coll. 



Under oaks, Castle Crag, Shasta County, Calif., July. 



The marked irregularity in form and color, together with 

 the odor, serves to distinguish this from any other species, 

 and although firm there is distinct crepitus to be observed 

 upon pressure. The cells in the recently cut surface of the 

 fresh plant present a glassy appearance. 



