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LETTER No. 7. 





PARIS, June, 1905. 



On my return to Paris I found a number of packages from correspond- 

 ents in Europe which have been acknowledged in detail in Letter No. 6. 

 There were also many interesting specimens from foreign countries. 



Mr. D. McAlpine, Australia, sends a large assortment of specimens, 

 fully half as many as have reached Europe in previous years combined. 

 Among them are the following which have been considered in the Lycoper- 

 daceae of Australia : Mitremyces fuscus, Mycenastrum Corium, Geaster 

 rufescens, Scleroderma flavidum, Lycoperdon pratense, Lycoperdon gem- 

 matum, Geaster Drummondii, Geaster floriformis, Arachnion Drummondii, 

 Catastoma hypogaeum, Lycoperdon nigrum, Geaster minimus, Lycoperdon 

 pusillum, Geaster striatulus, Geaster simulans, Calvatia Candida, Battarrea 

 phalloides, Lycoperdon cepaeforme, Lycoperdon polymorphum. There 

 are also a number of plants that I wish to study further, and which will be 

 considered in detail in Mycological Notes : undescribed species of Meso- 

 phellia, Scleroderma, Bovistella, and Arachnion, as well as a number of 

 fine collections of Tylostoma (3 species) and Catastoma. 



Mr. F. M. Reader, Australia, sends Lycoperdon cepaeforme, Cal- 

 vatia Candida, Bovistella aspera, Phellorina australis (young), Lycoperdon 

 nigrum, and two collections of Tylostomas. The fine collections of Tylos- 

 tomas from both Messrs. Reader and McAlpine will give a better knowledge 

 of this genus in Australia than all the fragmentary specimens that have 

 hitherto reached Europe. 



Dr. Wm. Herbst, Pennsylvania, sends Mitremyces Ravenelii. The 

 statement on page 126 of Mycological Notes that Dr. Herbst has found 

 Mitremyces cinnabarinus in Pennsylvania, but that I have not seen his 

 specimens, is an error. Mitremyces Ravenelii is the only species that oc- 

 curs with him. 



Mr. K. Miyabe, Japan, sends Geaster saccatus, Mitremyces Raven- 

 elii, Geaster rufescens, Geaster hygrometricus, Lycoperdon gemmatum, 

 Scleroderma tenerum, Geaster minimus, Polysaccum pisocarpium, Lycoper- 

 don pratense, Lycoperdon piriforme, Lycoperdon serotinum ; also an unde- 

 scribed species of Bovistella, which I shall call Bovistella Miyabei, and sev- 

 eral collections of Lycoperdon and Cyathus that will require further study. 



Mr. T. Yoshinaga, Japan, sends Scleroderma flavidum, Lycoper- 

 don gemmatum, Lycoperdon piriforme, and three collections of Lycoperdon 

 that will have further study, viz.: Lycoperdon (cfr. cruciatum), Lycoper- 

 don (cfr. pusillum ),7j;jcoperdon (cfr. cepaeforme). ,"" A 

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