tioning the South African plant, clavate, hyaline bodies are seen, 

 which I presume are basidia, also there are bodies of about the same 

 size and shape, filled with colored contents, which I presume are 

 gloeocvstidia, but nothing that resembles the "emergences figured 

 by Patouillard, hence there is a doubt if the South African is the 

 same as the Cuban species. 



We present figures of authentic Gramnothele mappa (big. 818), 

 and Gramnothele lineata (Fig. 820) from Cuba, also an enlarged 

 figure of the hymenium of Gramnothele mappa (Fig. 819). We also 

 present figure of Gramnothele cineracea (Fig. 821) (recently named 

 from the Philippines), which is simply a granular Poria. The latter 

 species, which is quite distinct from the Cuban plant, is peculiar in 

 the way in which it affects the wood, as shown in our figure, the 

 most notable character the plant has, but not mentioned in the 

 original description. 



LYCOPERDON ALBIDUM (FIG. 822), FROM JOHN A. 

 STEVENSON, PORTO RICO. I believe this is the first time I have 

 gotten it, and the types at Kew are so poor I could tell but little 



from them, and they should never 

 have been named. I am glad they 

 were, however, for it gives us a name, 

 and a quite suitable one, and from 

 Mr. Stevenson's specimens we derive 

 a clear idea of the characters of the 

 plant. 



Lycoperdon albidum grows gre- 

 Fig 822 gariously on logs and has a strong, 



mycelial development, resembling very 



much unopened specimens of Geaster mirabilis. Peridium globose, 

 white, about a cm. in diameter. Cortex furfuraceous. Gleba pale 

 olive color. Sterile base none. Capillitium scanty, represented by a 

 few hyaline hyphae. Spores very pale under the glass, globose or ir- 

 regular, 4-5 mic. not apiculate, smooth. The surface of spores is uneven, 

 but not tubercular. Lycoperdon albidum was named in mss. by 

 Cooke from two imperfect specimens from Brazil. It was published 

 in Massee's monograph, with a short description about as imperfect 

 as the specimen. The two leading features of the plant are the 

 abundant mycelial development and the almost entire absence of 

 capillitium. I do not recall any other species with such scanty 

 threads. 



IRPEX VELLEREUS (FIG. 823), FROM P. VAN DE BIJL, 

 SOUTH AFRICA. This species is remarkable for the soft, spongy 

 flesh, also characterized by dense encrusted metuloids on the hy- 

 menium. It was named from Ceylon, but I only have it from South 

 Africa. The hymenium of this specimen is more polyporoid than 

 irpicoid, and it would be better classed as Polystictus. However, it 

 varies in this respect, and the previous specimens were not badly 

 classed as Irpex. 



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