The fungi of the second voyage of Gaudichaud in the Bonita 1836-1837, were distributed 

 (unnamed) by Gaudichaud and I have found tnem in three museums ; viz. at Paris, at the 

 British Museum and in Delessert's herbarium at Geneva. Tylostoma Leveilleanum from 

 Hawaii is found in all three of the museums, and all unnamed by Gaudichaud. Leveille 

 found the specimens unnamed (or rather named simply as "fungus" by Gaudichaud) in 

 the museum at Paris and had the nerve to publish it as Tylostoma Leveilleanum and mis- 

 represent that it was named by Gaudichaud. It is an example of the little tricks to which so 

 called "scientists" will stoop to gain a little notoriety, and feed their egotism. And 

 "science" in eiting the name stands for this fraud to this day. These three collections 

 (all same) made in Hawaii about eighty years ago are all that I have found in the 

 museums. It has never been collected in any other country and never re-collected until 

 this lot from Mr. P'orbes. 



NOTE 237. Hexagona nitida, from R. Maire, Algeria. Fine specimens and the only 

 ones I have ever received. I believe Prof. Maire is the only one who has collected it in 

 recent years. He finds it in Northern Algeria or. the live oak, Quercus Ilex, and the 

 species is only known from the Mediterranean region and on this host. It is found in most 

 museums of Europe as Hexagona Mori, having been distributed years ago by Marcucci 

 under this mislabel. When young the plant has a smooth, polished crust, but Prof. Maire 

 sends also a very old specimen with a rough rimose crust and the pores all filled in with 

 tissue. The hymenial elements are hyaline, and there are no cystidia. I do not find 

 spores. It is needless to say we are very glad to get this rare plant in our museum. 



238. Stereum strumosum, received from N. L. T. Nelson, Florida. This was 



originally i'rotn Mexico, and a little piece of the type is at Kew, also from Cuba at Kew 



(Wright 411) but as far as I know this is the first collection from Florida. It is a 

 resupinate, bright yellow species, forming little patches like S. frustulosum. 



NOTE 239. Sternum albobadinm, from N. L. T. Nelson, Florida. With a narrow, 

 reflexed, pile-ate margin. It is a common plant around Cincinnati, but usually entirely 

 resupinate. I. have collected these plicate forms in Florida however, and think they are 

 more frequent in the South. 



NOTE 240. Polyporus (or Trametes). From O. M. Oleson, Biloxi, Miss. I judge it 

 is unnamed. It has a peculiar, truncated, globose hyaline, spore about 7-8 mic. Fomes 

 Ohiensis is the only other plant we have with a similar spore and this cannot be resupinate of 

 that. To the eye the pore tissue color is much like Fomes ccnnatus. Underwood proposed 

 a species Polyporus Meliae (cfr. Fomes Syn. p. 283) in this region and I should want to 

 compare it with that. 



NOTE 241. Laternea columnata, sent by O. M. Oleson, Biloxi, Miss. A teratologic 

 specimen having the arms not united at the apices as usual, but united to a ring at the 

 top, resembling to some extent a Clathrus. It is the first abnormal specimen of this 

 species we 5wve noted, and in former days would have been eagerly described as a "new 

 species." 



NOTE 212. Polyporus alboluteus, from L. O. Overholts. Mr. Overholts writes: "This 

 beautiful plant is certainly a fine species when in fresh condition, and is extremely 

 common in Colorado at altitudes ranging from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. It is at this altitude 

 that the heavy Englemann spruce forests are found, and meny of the old logs have the 

 fungus growing on them. I have seen it effused for several feet along the under side of 

 such a log and its bright color makes a very attractive fungus. It is almost entirely 

 resupinate and is very soft to the touch when growing." There is but one collection 

 known of this species from our Eastern States, viz. Adirondack Mountains, Peck, (cfr. Myc. 

 Notes, p. 379). What a pity this fine species was so bunglingly named! 



Since above was \vritten we have A scanty collection of the plant collected by Dr. 

 Kauffman in Michigan. 



NOTE 243. I'olyporus corruscans?, sent by C.. E. Owens, Oregon, = Polyporus Friesii, 

 Bres. = Polyporus dryophilus Berkeley (cfr. Note 149). While I am confident this is an 

 old, indurated specimen of Polyporus corruscans there is an element of doubt about it. 

 I have gone through all my specimens from Europe and the United States and found 

 none with the clear (chestnut) context color. They are all more yellow. Also this has 

 not the "mycelial core" characteristic of Polyporus corruscans but that may be from 

 it not being an entire specimen. The inner surface and hard context indicate this is an 

 "old" tinier, but it is not a Fomes. There are no annual layers. 



NOTE 2!4. Panus coriaceus, from Prof. T. Fetch, Ceylon, " = Panus Berkeleyi Sacc. 

 Vol. 5, p. 628. Compared at Kew. T. Petch." I have never worked over the Panus at 

 Kew. I have this same plant however, recently from Philippines labeled "Elmeria clado- 

 phora" supposed to be same as Hexagona cladophora. If that is true "Elmeria coriacea 

 Berkeley McGinty" is prior. If the genus Elmeria was based on this species alone, I 

 should be in favor of maintaining it, for it must be admitted it is not a good "Panus" nor 

 a good "Hexagona." But to include in the genus, Hexagona albida and Polystictus setulosus 

 because they have multicelled hairs on the hymenium is for me making an artificial genus 

 in which P'omes connatus and Poria nitida could be included on this same character. 



NOTE 245. Polystictus gracilis, from Rev. C. Torrend, Bahia, Brazil. This is the 

 second collection we have received from Father Torrend (Nos. 42 and 89). We are in 

 considerable doubt in referring it to Polystictus gracilis which Berkeley classed as 

 Hexagona and Patouillard classed as Amaurodermus. These specimens are correctly 

 classed as neither, but should form a section in Lentus (46 d) with brown context. (All 

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