ordinary plant we call betulina is Lenzites flaccida), Geaster fimbriatum, 

 Geaster Schmidelii, Polyporus (?) unknown to me, Geaster hygrometricus, 

 Polyporus (unknown to me). 



O'CONNOR, C. A., Mauritius: 



Three interesting phalloids in alcohol: Phallus gracilis (The slen- 

 der form of Phallus aurantiacus with an acute pileus. This is the only 

 common species Mr. O'Connor finds in Mauritius, and it is undoubtedly 3 

 widely spread species in the tropics), Phallus indusiatus (The ordinary, 

 typical form with coarse meshes to the veil and the broad, campanulate 

 pileus. Mr. O'Connor found but a single specimen, but it is the most fre- 

 quent species in most tropical countries), Phallus duplicates (Very close 

 to the form in the United States, but differs slightly in the nature of the 

 reticulations of the pileus. We shall have an article in Mycological Notes 

 shortly with an illustration showing this difference. This is the first time 

 I think that Phallus duplicatus is recorded outside of the United States. 

 Professor Fischer places this species with Phallus indusiatus, but could he 

 see these two specimens from Mr. O'Connor side by side, I think he would 

 concede the difference). This is the first record of either of these three 

 species from Mauritius. The only phalloid heretofore recorded from this 

 island is Simblum periphragmoides, which Mr. O'Connor has not yet found. 



PANAU, CHARLES, France: 



Polyporus squamosua (a fine, large specimen), Fomes nigricans (in the 

 sense of Boudier), Polyporus fragilis, on pine stump, Polyporus Forquignoni 

 (Very glad to get this, as it is the first specimen I have seen. As to 

 color, texture, pores, and spores, it might be taken for a small central 

 stiped specimen of Polyporus squamosus, but the stipe is not black, and 

 the scales not so pronounced), Polyporus rufescens. 



PATTERSON, W. H., St. Vincent: 

 Cyathus Poeppigii. 



PAUL, J. T., Australia: 



Lycoperdon pratense, Lycoperdon cepaeforme, Lycoperdon (cfr. cepae- 

 forme, but with large sterile base cells), Bovistella scabra, Bovistella Aus- 

 traliense, Lycoperdon (cfr. piriforme), Lycoperdon, sp. (Gleba with a pur- 

 plish cast), Geaster (probably minimus, old and large), Xylaria (sp.). 



Note. Packages were also received from the following correspondents: 

 Fetch, T., Ceylon; Pujuila, Jaime, Austria; Rick, Rev. J., Brazil; Schupp, 

 Rev. F. A., Brazil; Tepper, J. G. O., South Australia; Thomson, Geo. M., New 

 Zealand; Yasuda, A., Japan. Detailed acknowledgment will be made in 

 the next letter. 



