LETTER No. 26. 



KK\V (ivuhicN-. KM. i NM,, .I,,,,. 1909. 



List of specimens from the United States ami Canada tluit wen- sent to 

 my address at Cincinnati, Ohio, and shipped to me at I'ln-i*. ! mnr,. I . 

 her, 1908. 



\Ve thank our many friends for the liberal collections of polyporuid* during 

 the season of 1908. It is only by the handling of an abundance of m.Mierial 

 that anything approximating the truth can be learned eoureniing the fungi. 

 The mistakes and blunders of mycology (and a large part of the pub- 

 lished accounts fall under that head) are largely due to inadequate unit. -rial 

 and opportunities, supplemented by the personal vanity of th.e who like to 

 see their names in print. The names of specimens used in this Letter are ac- 

 cording to the usual nomenclature of American mycology. They are in 

 keeping with the traditions of the subject, but as often emphasized in previous 

 Letters, I claim no critical knowledge of fungi except as to Gastromycetes. 



C. G. LLOYD, 



Court and Plum Sta., 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 BARTLETT, H. H., Georgia: 



Polyporus gilvus Polystictus pergamenus Polystictus pergamenus 

 var. laceratus Polystictus versicolor Lenzites corrugata Lycoperdon fuli- 

 gineum, rare and of a southern distribution only. Lycoperdon gemmatum 

 Stereum bicolor (fine specimens) Stereum complicatum Lenzites betulina. 



BATES, REV. J. M., Nebraska: 



Polystictus cinnabarinus Lenzites saepiaria- Panus rudis Lyco- 

 perdon cepaeforme Fomes pomaceus Cyathus stercoreus Daedalea confra- 

 gosa Panus ? Lycoperdon umbrinum. 



BRENCKLE, DR. J. F., North Dakota: 



Secotium acuminatum, fine specimens Bovistella (cfr. dealbata and 

 Letter No. 20) Calvatia lilacina, var. occidental is Lycoperdon (unnamed). 

 It belongs to the polymorphum group, having the same capillitium and /.. < .,'mr 

 sterile base. It differs from all named species of this group, with its gener- 

 ally obese form and distinctly rough spores. Some of the specimen- have 

 " soldered " warts which, however, I think are an atrophied condition. 



BROWN, CHAS. E., Wisconsin: 



Geaster hygrometricus Scleroderma flavidum-I'olj -pm-iis. on white 

 oak, unknown to me. 



CLUTE, W. N., Illinois: 



Geaster hygrometricus-Trametes hispida Trametes hixpida .thin 

 form) Polyporus ' Spraguei Polyporus (unknown to me. Perhaps a form of 

 Spraguei) Secotium acuminatum Genster triplex Scleroderma an rantium 



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