A LARGE SPECIES OF CYPHELLA. 



BY N. PATOUILLARD. 



grandis, : 



CYPHELLA GRAN- 

 DIS. Sparsa vel caespi- 

 tosa, majuscula, 7-25 inil- 

 lim. longa,4-7 millim. lata, 

 digitaliformis vel cornuco- 

 piaeformis, interduni uno 

 latere magis producta, la- 

 teraliterstipite cylindraceo, 

 3-6 millim. longo, 1-2 mil- 

 lim. crasso, adfixa, pendula, 

 margine acuto, integro, 

 repandulo, aperta, glabra, 

 membranacea, Candida in 

 vivo dein albido lutesceno, 



intus extusque laevissima. ex hyphae cylindraceo, 8-15 mic. diam. 



tenuiter, tunicatis composita. Hab. ad corticem arborum, Samoa. 



Fig. 97. 



A NEW BOOK ON COLORS. 



Monsieur Klincksieck, No. 3, rue Corneille, Paris announces a book 

 on colors for the naturalist and particularly for the mycologist. X< > 

 work is more needed in mycology than a good book of colors, and as 

 what Monsieur Klincksieck does he usually does well, we have great 

 hope for the new work. There now exists no work that is of much 

 practical value. Saccardo had the right idea when he issued his little 

 pamphlet, but his color samples were not elaborate enough, nor in all 

 cases accurate enough to be of much service. This was without doubt 

 partly due to the printer, and as Monsieur Klincksieck has a practical 

 knowledge of the printing art, and we think a critical knowledge of 

 colors, we look for something that will be of service. 



A SECOTIUM IN SWEDEN. 



I collected near Stockholm last summer a single specimen of a 

 little Secotium with large, rough, globose spores. It is the only 

 specimen of this genus ever known to be collected in Sweden. I 

 judge it is Secotium michailowskianum, at least it was a little weak, 

 puny specimen, and I do not know what stunted it unless it was the 

 name. No wonder it is a rare plant. It is strange it managed to sur- 

 vive at all and carry its name. 



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