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46. Leucophleps citrina, sp. nov. 

 Plate XLIII, Figs. 8a-8d. 



Subglobose, 2 cm. in diam., citron color, smooth; gleba firm, wavy; cells 

 minute; spores roundly elliptical, guttulate, white, two to four spores form 

 upon each basidium; basidia attenuate at the point of attachment, increasing in 

 size towards the apex, oil globules interspersed for its entire length; spores 

 6x8 ju. 



Type, No. 168, Harkness Coll. 



Found amidst Manzanitas, Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, 

 Calif., April. 



The fungus imparts a red tint to alcohol when immersed. 

 Melanogaster Cor da. 



M elanog aster CovcoKva Sturm's Deutschl. Fl., Abth. Ill, Heft 11, 1831, p. i. 

 Peridium adhering to creeping branched fibres which traverse its surface, 

 without any proper or distinct base. Cells at first filled with pulp. Spores 

 smooth, mostly dark. (Berk. Outlines Brit. Fung., p. 293,) 



47. Melanogaster Eisenii, sp. nov. 



Globose, smooth, 1.5 cm. in diam., color brown; gleba fuscous; veins 

 brown; cells rhomboidal; spores globose, 6-8 ij. in diam. 



Type, No. 116, Harkness Coll. 



Cabo St. Lucas, Baja California, January. Collected by 

 Dr. Gustav Eisen. 



48. Melanogaster variegatus Tul. 



Melanogaster variegatus Tul., Fungi Hypo., p. 92, Tab. H, fig. 4, et Tab. 

 xn, fig. 6. 



At first ochraceous, then reddish-ferruginous, minutely downy; walls of the 

 cells dirty-white, yellowish, or orange; pulp black; spores minute. (Berk. 

 Outlines Brit. Fung., p. 293.) 



No. 145, Harkness Coll. 



Amongst oaks, Wire Bridge, Placer County, Calif., 

 March. 



Previously collected at Sausalito, Marin County, Calif., 

 February. 



