LYSURUS MOKUSIN IN THE UNITED 

 STATES We present (figure 828) a photograph of 

 this species dried, which was found growing in a green- 

 house at Chico, California, by Mr. David Griffiths, and 

 forwarded to us through the kindness of L. C. C. 

 Krieger, of California. An imperfect figure of the 

 plant was given in our Phalloid Synopsis (page 37). 

 In this specimen (Fig. 828) the volva has broken cir- 

 cumscissally and the top carried up covering the arms. 

 The home of Lysurus Mokusin is China and Japan. 

 It is one of the first foreign phalloids known and was 

 figured in 1774 by Father Cibot, a missionary in China. 

 It was no doubt introduced into the greenhouse at 

 Chico with foreign plants. Our best thanks are ex- 

 tended to Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Krieger 

 for the specimen and record. 



PSEUDOCOLUS ROTHAE. We 

 have from Prof. Yasuda, Japan, a draw- 



ing (Fig. 829) and description of this 

 species as follows: "The fungus is 4-6 

 cm. high. Three arms are joined at the 

 apex, of reddish orange and obtusely tri- 

 angular, wrinkled, porous-celled, 2.5-4 

 cm. long. Stipe light yellow, 7 mm. 

 thj^ sometimes not extending be- 

 yond the volva. Volva whitish 2x1.8 cm. with a , 

 long root. Spores long elliptical, smooth, hyaline, 

 2x5 mic." 



This answers well to the original description of 

 Bailey (cfr. Phal. Australia, p. 20) also crude figure 

 at Kew (cfr. Syn. Phal. Fig. 69). It is surely same 

 plant as Pseudocolus Javanicus (Myc. Notes, page 

 456, Fig. 272), also probably the original from Java 

 by Penzig (cfr. Syn. Phal. Fig. 66), although the 

 figure is misleading in its reticulate surface, if that is 

 the case. Also I think without question, it is same 

 as Pseudocolus rugulosus (Syn. Phal., page 52, Fig. 67) 

 based on an old figure from Java. It is probably the 

 only species of Pseudocolus in the East. Fig 829 



POLYPORACEAE OF THE MIDDLE- WESTERN UNITED STATES. 

 BY L. O. OVERHOLTS. 



It is extremely gratifying to me to be able to give strong approval to a work 

 issued on mycology. It is an excellent work. It is the first comprehensive and 

 reasonably accurate account that has been given of the subject. Mr. Overholts 

 has selected his names, in most instances, I think, with good judgment, and prac- 

 tically all are of established usage. There are a few of his names that are, accord- 

 ing to my ideas, not meritorious, but compared with the great bulk of the work, 

 they are not worth quibbling over. 



Mr. Overholts has abandoned the genus Polystictus and refers all species to 

 586 



Fig. 828. 



