note on it: "The unopened fungi are white, but have blackened in drying. 

 They grew on elephant dung, as did Berkeley's specimens. When fresh 

 they are globose, white, slightly tomentose, about 1.25 mm. in diameter, 

 opening with 4-6 small, almost upright teeth, which are reddish-yellow in- 

 ternally. The open fungus is somewhat urceolate. Peridiole oval, shining, 

 red-brown, about 1 x .75 mm. Spores oblong, oval, 5-5.5 x 3 mic. It looks 

 altogether different from Sphaerobolus stellatus as I have seen it abund- 

 dantly in England"), Lycoperdon rubeculum (I have obtained a much clearer 

 idea of this species from Mr. Fetch's specimens than from the type speci- 

 mens at Kew. It is a good species with the thick, hyaline capillitium of 

 Wrightii, the strong diaphragm of pratense, and the external appearance of 

 piriforme. Its relations are closest with the pratense group. Spores small, 

 3 mic., apiculate, smooth, compressed globose). 

 PUJUILA, JAIME, Austria: 



Fomes pinicola, Polystictus tomentosus-form (It seems to me, al- 

 though this has two pilei superimposed, as in Fries' picture of Schwein- 

 itzii), Hydnum (sp. unknown to me). 



RICK, REV. J., Brazil: 



Tylostoma Berteroanum (Father Rick finds it in great abundance). 

 Tylostoma verrucosum (or T. Bonianum if these species are really distinct 

 from each other, which I am now inclined to doubt). 



SCHUPP, REV. F. A., Brazil: 



Hirneola auricula-Judae, Xylaria (sp.), Itajahya galericulata, Poly 

 stictus, Fomes, Clathrus (a nice dried specimen and photograph of a specie.? 

 that I do not know. It surely is not in Moeller's Phalloids of Brazil. There 

 are several species such as Clathrus crispatus of Ceylon and Clathrus 

 pseudo-cancellatus of Africa that are not illustrated, or with such figures 

 that no idea can be obtained of them, and we can not know what their 

 real characters are), Simblum sphaerocephalum. 



TEPPER, J. G. O., South Australia: 



Mesophellia sabulosa (This curious Australian genus was fully 

 considered in our Australian pamphlet. It is among the most curious puff 

 balls we have, and the genus is known from no other country in the world. 

 This is the first specimen I have received, and the specimens in Europe 

 ure principally at Kew. Mesophellia sabulosa is very close to the original 

 species Mesophellia arenaria. They have the same spores, which are 

 5-6x12, rather than 4 x 12, as stated in our pamphlet. The only difference 

 is the exoperidium. In arenaria this peridium is of coarse fibrous tissue: 

 in sabulosa it is of the nature of a sand-case), Cyatnus Colensoi (which 

 is only an Australian form of Cyathus vernicosus, with more globose spores. 

 Very close and otherwise exactly the same). 



THOMSON, GEO. M., New Zealand: 

 Scleroderma flavidum. 



YASUDA, A., Japan- 



Fomes fomentarius (Not as "ungulate" as this species is in Amer- 

 ica and Europe, but surely the same species), Fomes leucophaeus (Our 

 common species in the United States), Polyporus volvatus (Exactly the 

 same as our American plant. The occurrence of this unique species in 



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