Mr. Fetch notes, "Geaster saccatus with a sulcate nwutli, from the same 

 square yard as my former specimens." It is undoubtedly true that Geaster 

 Archeri is Geaster saccatus with a sulcate mouth. But "sulcate" and "even" 

 mouths are held as the primary division of the Geasters, and if we disregard 

 it we shall have no character whatever on which to base species (Cfr. Ar- 

 ticle on page 7 of Index to Vol. I, also Notes on the Geasters, page 142). 

 Mr. Fetch's specimens also present a new character in Geaster Archeri. 

 The endoperidium is scurfy, "asperate;" indeed, if it has a pedicel it would 

 be Geaster asper. 



HOLLAND, L., France: 



Polyporus dryadeus Polystictus zonatus. 



SCHINZ, PROFESSOR HANS, Switzerland: 



Cyathus striatus Lycoperdon Desmazieres. 

 SILLITOE, F. S., Khartoum, Soudan: 



Podaxon Mossamedensis. The species of Podaxon are all more or 

 less doubtful, for it is difficult to decide as to the specific value from the 

 scanty collections in the museums. They differ in size and shape of spores 

 and color of gleba, but it is a question if color is not a condition of ripeness 

 instead of a character. Mr. Sillitoe's plant has globose, acajou colored 

 spores 8-10 mic. in diameter, and agrees only with Mossamedensis, which 

 was from Angola, Africa, and the type in the British Museum. It has same 

 spores as pistillaris, but is a larger plant. Fomes (Ganoderma). 

 STEPHENS, ELLEN, Jamaica: 

 Cyathus Montagnei. 



TORREXD, REV. CAM1LLE, Ireland: 



Poria vulgaris, Poria eupora, Poria sanguinolenta, Poria farinella, 

 Poria (unknown to me). It has the texture and appearance of Merulius 

 tremellosus, but I think a Poria not a Merulius. Polyporus elegans (?) 

 Poria (sp.). It has peculiar colored setae tipped with a hyaline gland. 

 Polyporus elegans Fomes annosus Poria (2 spec'es) Lycoperdon piriforme 

 (form) Lycoperdon piriforme var. tessellatum Lycoperdon velatum (with- 

 out the veil) Lycoperdon velatum vLycoperdon piriforme (form) Cyathus 

 striatus. 



TORREND, REV. C., Portugal: 



Colus hirudinosus. Rev. Torrend finds this frequent in the sand and 

 not on manure, which was the habitat of the original specimens from Cor- 

 sica. He* also finds specimens without stipe, tending to invalidate the genus 

 Colus by uniting it to Clathrus. He sends nice specimens in alcohol, from 

 which I shall be able to make good photographs. The plant has never been 

 illustrated by a photograph. Geaster Schmidelii Geaster elegans (rare, 

 cfr. Myc. Notes, p. 312) Geaster minimus Torrendia pulchella. Fine 

 specimens in alcohol of this unique genus. I will shortly have an article in 

 Mycological Notes, as I can now illustrate it satisfactorily from these speci- 

 mens. No other related genus is known in the Gastromycetes. Bovista 

 radicata, a rare plant in Europe, cfr. Myc. Notes, pp. 262 and 280. Lvcoper- 

 don piriforme, this specimen collected in Ireland. Tylostoma granulosum 

 Lycoperdon pusillum Lycoperdon pratense Lycoperdon polymorphum 

 (form). This differs from the type form in having slightly elliptical spores. 

 Lycoperdon pusillum Calvatia lilacina Gyrophragmium lus'tanicum as 

 named by Father Torrend. It is a form with a subterranean stem, the pileus 



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