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grew from a decayed spot in a living tree. It was a beautiful specimen 

 and suggested Pleurotns ostreattts. Fluteus cervinns was common both in 

 Wells and Whitley counties, growing on very old logs, and once in a mass 

 of rotting sawdust, in the woods. The pileus varies greatly in coloration. 

 The species was often eaten, but unless fried crisp it has a rather un- 

 pleasant flavor. A species of Galera, apparently flava, was not rare in the 

 Avoods about Bluffton, growing in clusters on decaying logs. It was 

 cooked and the caps retained must of their bright yellow or orange color. 

 It might be used as "trimming" for a dish of larger species. 



Afforiciis campeslris was taken in pastures, but I did not find it in quan- 

 tities as it is often found. A single specimen taken in the woods near 

 Bluffton seemed to be A. siJraticiis. In the same pastures and in thin 

 woodland, often on manure. PsatJnireUd Avas common. All the specimens 

 seen seemed to belong to one species, undetei'miued 



Belonging to another order are the pufifballs, the larger species of 

 which are among the most A'aluable and delicate fungi. Representatives 

 of three genera were observed this season about Bluffton. Geaster was 

 found a number of times in thin woodland. Calratia was found a few 

 times. The best way to cook it is like egg plant. In former years Calvatia 

 has often been observed in great abundance, occurring at the edges of 

 woods or in thin woodland. Specimens not less than eighteen inches in 

 diameter have been seen, and individuals eight or ten inches in diameter 

 were not rare. A species of Lycoprrdon. which suggested a sea-urchin with 

 the spines removed, was common in pastures. Its diameter seldom ex- 

 ceeded two inches; it seemed to ripen rapidly, and it was usually infested 

 with larA'ae. so none were cooked. 



The Kankakee Salamander. 



By T. H. Ball. 



The Eel Question and the Development of the Conger Eel. 



(Abstract.) 



By C. H. Eigenmann. 



The eel question, or "when, how and where does the eel reproduce." 

 which is as old as history, was in part solved by Grassi, who in 1897 found 



