Pileus thick, sessile, compact, dimidiate. Surface densely covered with 

 coarse, strigose hairs. Context bright, ferruginous, soft, spongy. Pores con- 

 colorous, large, sinuate, irregular/becoming lacerate when old. Spores abundant, 

 elliptical, smooth, 9x11 mic., deep ferruginous color. 



I trust when the little "correction" is made in the North Amer- 

 ican Flora, due notice will be taken of the priority of Professor 

 McGinty's name. 



RESUME OF PHALLOIDS RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM 

 CORRESPONDENTS. 



USSHER, C. B., Straits Settlements: 



Phallus multicolor, photograph, color sketch and specimen. 



LAING, H. W., New Zealand: 



Clathrus cibarius, fine photograph recently published in Mycolog- 

 ical Notes. It is the first we have received of this species. 



KUSANO, S., Japan: 



Color sketch of Phallus rugulosus, demonstrating its identity with 

 Phallus gracilis. 



Pseudocolus Javanicus, color sketch and notes on its occurrence in 

 Formosa. 



O'CONNOR, CHAS., Mauritius: 



Simblum periphragmoides. Alcoholic specimen and sketch, showing 

 that shape has little value in deciding species in the "yellow" Simblums, 

 and that Simblum Texense probably can not be maintained as distinct from 

 Simblum periphragmoides. 



Clathrus Fischeri, alcoholic specimens and color notes, placing this 

 species for a time at least as distinct in its color (yellow) from Clathrus 

 gracilis of Australia. 



FETCH, PROFESSOR T., Ceylon: 



Phallus indusiatus, five fine photographs of various forms. 



Lysurus Gardneri, photograph same as found on page 37 of "Synopsis 

 of the Known Phalloids". 



Clautriavia merulina, three photographs; one with pileus removed, an- 

 other a section, showing the attachment of the veil which is confluent with 

 the top of the stipe in a manner entirely distinct from any species of 

 Phallus known to me. 



_ NEW SPECIES. Most of the proposers of " new species " are content to 

 write ''new species" after their names, and let some one else find out if the 

 species are new or not. A recent writer on the Philippine plants has quite an 

 improvement. He calls them " Brand New Species." I suspect, however, when 

 they are traced down they will be found to be of the same old, familiar H. & M. 

 variety. 



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