in the temperate regions with this character. It is one of those 

 agarics of a fleshy-coriaceous, tough nature, which dries up and persists 

 through the dry weather, and revives and opens out when wet. Our 

 figures were made from specimens that had been expanded by 

 moisture. As there is no other fungus in America or Europe that 

 can be compared with it (unless possibly the next) we feel. our photo- 

 graphs are all the description necessary. 



Fig. 211. Fig. 212. 



Trogia crispa. Fig. 211, natural size. Fig. 212, enlarged ;'x 4). 



HISTORY. It is a frequent plant, particularly in sections where the alder 

 grows. It has not a clear title to the generic name Trogia, for it was originally 

 applied to tropical species now held by some to not be co-generic. But the plant 

 has so long monopolized the name in works on European and American mycol- 

 ogy that I think it can never be dislodged. 1 Likewise the specific name has been 

 questioned, particularly among our German friends who have been doing a little 

 date dictionary investigating as to Persoon's and Fries' synonyms. 2 



Ht has been classed also as Merulius and Cantharellus, and the latter is where I think it 

 ought to have been left. 



2 When Persoon named it he gave as a synonym, "Merulius fagineus of Schrader," and it 

 has been copied in every list of synonyms since. I do not think that Persoon or any one else 

 knew that it was the plant so designated in Schrader's vague work, but it was alleged to be a 

 synonym and the date dictionary shows it to be an earlier dale. So it was changed notwith- 

 standing the fact that its usual name crispus is by far the better name for it, and the only 

 specific name that can not be questioned. 



