T. N. Willing, Regina, Assiniboia: Mycenastrum Corium, Lycoperdon 

 pusillum, Lycoperdon, Lycoperdon gemmatum, Cyathus, Cyathus. Calvatia 

 caelata, Geaster rufescens. 



Mrs. Daisy F. Wolfert, Toledo, Ohio: Scleroderma Cepa. 



NOTE 1. There grows in our western states a little globose form of 

 Calvatia lilacina, devoid of sterile base. Vittadini's figure of Calvatia fragilis 

 shows a very scanty sterile base but the plants I have seen from Europe all 

 approximate the usual form of Calvatia lilacina. When we publish the 

 genus Calvatia, whether we shall accept this name occidentalis for our west- 

 ern plant or use Vittadini's name, we have not fully decided. 



NOTE 2. "Tuckahoe" is a mysterious growth that occurs underground, 

 and mostly attached to hickory roots in our southern states. It has been 

 called Sclerotium Cocos and Pachyma Cocos (cfr. Saccardo, 8-908). It has 

 been claimed that it is the sclerotium of a polyporus, but no one ever found a 

 polyporus growing from it. It is also said to be an exudation from the host 

 root which seems to me to be improbable. If any one can give an explana- 

 tion of the origin and nature of this growth, I hope to hear from him. 



NOTE 3. Lentodium squamulosum was described by Morgan who 

 claims it to be a good genus. It is^ generally considered a diseased form of 

 Lentinus tigrinus. Whether it is of is not a distorted form of Lentinus tigri- 

 nus, it is a curious fact that it is frequent in this county and the normal form 

 very rare, while in Europe, the home of Lentinus tigrinus, no such form is 

 known. The name Lentodium squamulosum is convenient in any case. 



NOTE 4. Our western species of Montagnites only occurs in the deserts. 

 Harkness referred it to Montagnites Candollei of the Mediterranean regions, 

 [t is a smaller plant, but scantily known, and I do not know whether or not 

 it is the same as the European. The genus Montagnites is a curious genus, 

 very close to Gyrophragmium, but has gills lamellate. 



NOTE 5. At least the '"veins" on the specimen were very noticeable. I 

 am inclined to think the species is only an aberrant form. 



NOTE 6. This plant corresponds to the ordinary form of Lenzites betu- 

 lina excepting that the pileus was most beautifully "fluted." I do not know 

 of any description of such a form. 



NOTE 7. This specimen seems to be a "new species," and we have 

 labelled it Lycoperdon Calit'ornicum. It is close to atropurpureum and um- 

 brinum. We did not "describe" it in our recent Lycoperdon article as we 

 would prefer to have more collections before describing it, to decide if the 

 plant is constant or not. 



