Fig. 764 



DRIED PHALLOIDS. 



We present the photograph (Fig. 764) of a dried phalloid simply 

 to show how it is practical to dry phalloids successfully. It is only- 

 necessary to place them in a cur- 

 rent of air so they will dry rapidly, 

 and they will preserve their shape 

 and color. The specimen that we 

 photographed was dried by being 

 laid on the window sill with the 

 window raised about one inch, so 

 as to bring a current of air directly 

 over it, and it dried so rapidly that 

 it lost neither its form nor color. 

 There are many phalloids in 

 tropical countries that are very im- 

 perfectly known, and if those who 

 note them will pick up and dry 

 them in the manner described, and 

 send to me, much will be added to 

 our knowledge of the phalloid situa- 

 tion. The only perfect record of a 

 phalloid is a good photograph, but 

 next to a good photograph, a phalloid dried so as to retain its shape 

 is almost as characteristic. 



After the phalloids are dried, wrap them loosely in tissue paper, 

 put them in a pasteboard box intact, and mail them to my address. 

 They will reach me in good condition if they are not crushed in the 

 mail. It is better not to put other specimens with them, and to pro- 

 tect them well from being broken in transit. 



TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS (Fig. 765), FROM R. P. BURKE, 

 ALABAMA. This is a tropical species, and judging from the scanty 



collections of tropical Tremellas in 

 the museums of Europe, it is the 

 most frequent species in the tropics. 

 Moeller gave a good illustration of 

 it, from Brazil. I have it from 

 India. Barring Atkinson's erro- 

 neous reference (based on Tremella 

 vesicaria, with no resemblance to 

 it), there is no record of the species 

 in the United States. In the 



Fig. 765. British Museum there is a speci- 



men from Ravenel, which Berkeley 



(or someone) misreferred to Tremella lutescens. This specimen from 

 Dr. Burke is the first one I have from our southern States, and the 

 second I think that has been collected. 



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