dalea unicolor. Polystictus hirsutus. Trametes suaveolens (young). Dal- 

 dinia vernicosa. 



Isaria farinosa. Polyporus adustus. Daedalea confragosa. Stereum 

 spadiceum. Polystictus velutinus, var. Grayei. Trametes hispida. Tylo- 

 stoma campestre. Polystictus pergamenus. Polyporus gilvus. Tremello- 

 dendron pallida. Polyporus lucidus. Polyporus elegans. Xylaria cornifor- 

 mis. Polyporus picipes. Polyporus Peckianus. Polystictus perennis. Tre- 

 mella clavarioides (cfr. Myc. Notes, Old Series, p. 10). Tremella vesicaria. 

 Lycogala Epidendrum. Arcyria incarnata. Helotium citrinum. Otidea 

 auricula. Thelephora albido-brunnea. 



WILSON, M. T., Scotland; 



Fomes annosus? Specimen from a hot-house. 



YASUDA, PROF. A., Japan: 



Polyporus fumosus (=salignus, Fr.). Stereum elegans (cfr. Letter No. 

 46). Fomes torulosus. Stereum spectabile. Scleroderma Cepa. Small 

 form. Stereum hirsutum. Lentinus subnudus. Lentinus revelatus. En- 

 teridium olivaceum. Stemonitis fusca. Polyporus zonalis. Fomes pusil- 

 lus (see Note 143). Phlebia strigosus-zonata. Resupinate. 



NOTE 117. Polystictus variiformis as Trametes, from Mr. Frank H. Ames, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. This is a rare plant, and this the first pileate specimen I have seen. In its 

 perfect form it is a Polystictus. I had only seen the resupinate, and had this pileate 

 specimen been sent without the resupinate, I should probably have been at a loss to 

 refer it. I expect in the end that Polystictus hexigoniformis, recently described, will be 

 found to be the same thing, nor should I be surprised if both turn out to be polyporoid 

 forms of Lenzites heteromorpha. a rare plant of Sweden which, as noted by Fries, is some- 

 times resupinate and polyporoid. Mr. Ames" specimen recalls to me very strongly plants 

 I have photographed in the museum at Upsala. 



NOTE 118. Polyporus rufescens form Ballouii. I believe it is a remarkable form of 

 Polyporus rufescens or Polyporus biennis, as it is sometimes called in Europe, although 

 it has such small pores that the species was not at first suggested to me. This is a 

 nice specimen. Polyporus rufescens in Europe is characterized by very large pores. In fact, 

 it has been called Daedalea. We have the same plant in this country, the pores 

 of which are smaller, but I have never received a species, such as Mr. Ballou sends, where 

 the pores are designated as minute. Excepting as to its pores, however, it is the same 

 as Polyporus rufescens in context, color, and the spores, which are abundant, hyaline, and 

 piriform, 4-4% x 7-8 each, with a large gutta. The usual form in America is abortive and 

 was named Polyporus distortus (cfr. Stip. Pol., p. 158). However, I have never seen the 

 abortive form with such minute pores as Mr. Ballou sends. 



NOTE 119. Polyporus alutaceus, sent by W. H. Ballou, New York. This is the same 

 as Peck, called Polyporus guttulatus. Bresadola has recently published them as syno- 

 pyms, and on comparison of American and European specimens I find them the same. 



NOTE 120. Fomes Ellisianus, received from Prof. E. Bartholomew. This species 

 is quite frequent on the Shepherdia argentea in our Western States, and was named 

 as above by Anderson (it is alleged, but in reality by Ellis, for Anderson knew nothing 

 about classification, and his name was only used as a ruse). It is exactly the same 

 plant as grows on the Ash in our Eastern States named Fomes fraxinophilus by Peck, 

 and I can note no difference on comparison either macroscopic or microscopic. The spores, 

 which are abundant in these specimens, are elliptical, hyaline, smooth, 5-7 x 7-9 mic. 



NOTE 121. Xylaria persicaria, sent by H. C. Beardslee, North Carolina. This is the 

 first collection, to my knowledge, since Schweinitz's day. There is one type specimen in 

 Schweinitz's herbarium, and cotypes are at Kew, but these are all I have previously 

 known. Ellis does not record it save Schweinitz's record. Schweinitz found it on buried 

 peach seed, but these specimens were attached to Dogwood (?) seed. The species is 

 quite similar to Xylaria carpophila, which is not rare on fruits of various kinds, as 

 beach nuts, magnolia cones, etc. It is a much larger species, however, and often 

 branched. Schweinitz's type has three branches. Most of Professor Beardslee's collec- 

 tion are simple, but several have two branches. It is an interesting find. 



Ripe specimens which were afterwards collected (December, 1913,) have simple clubs 

 with sterile apices. The spores are 6 x 12. The plant is very close to Xylaria Oxycanthae, 



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