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X 5-(i niic, and were spindle-shaped. The Asheville specimens 

 liave shghtly shorter spores, hut agree in ah other details with 

 the Swedish plants. At Asheville there are three species of 

 Lepiota belonging to this group, L. metulaespora, floralis and a 

 third species upon whi:h I am unwilling at present to express an 

 opinion. Possibly it ma\' prove to be the true L. clypeolaria, 

 though it seems at present doubtful. Le])iota floralis occurs 

 rarely in open, sandy ground, and seems to correspond well with 

 Ravenel's plant, wdiich was found in his garden, from which he 

 (listributed at least three other new species, L. oligosarcus, ful- 

 vaster, and ])silopus. These are all small species, and from the 

 specimens examined can not be w^ell understood. I have exam- 

 ined two of Ravenel's specimens of L. tloralis, one in very good 

 preservation at Washington, the other in the herbarium at Bilt- 

 more. The spores in the latter were examined and were rather 

 larger than the measurements given by Morgan, being ll-13x- 

 4-5 mic. and spindle-shaped. It is worth suggesting that this 

 species needs further investigation before its status can be con- 

 sidered satisfactory. The renditions under whi:h it is found 

 suggest very strongly that it is onlv a depauperate form of L. 

 metulaespora. An ahnost unbroken series of fonus can be found 

 in this region connecting the two species, and the points of dif- 

 ference are such as may well be explained by the fact that one 

 form is found in sheltered places in woods and the other in sterile, 

 sandy soil, in open places." — H. C. IJeardslee, in the Journal of 

 Mycology. 



We give also a clipping from the \'(iuth"s L"(im])aninn of 

 .Vovember 14. !!)(»: : 



"Mushrooms. — A singular ami ver\- intcrestin;; and useful 

 institution has been established in the little cit\- of 4'arare, near 

 Lyons. France. It is a mycological bureau, where expert judg- 

 ment is furnished con:erning mushrooms brought to it for exami- 

 nation. The country round 4^arare abounds with mushrooms, 

 man\- of which are ])ois()nous. Since the establishment of the 

 bureau nobody buys mushrooms which do not carry its ticket of 

 identihcation and guarantee, and all the country ])eople from 

 miles around bring their nmshrooms for examination. One sur- 

 ])rising result has been the discovery of scores of excellent edible 

 mushrooms, which before nobody dared to touch." — l"he ^'outh's 

 C"oni])ani( n. 



