found to belong to the clathroid alliance, but the relations of Aseroe 

 and Anthurus are in doubt. It is a simple matter to send phalloid 

 eggs so as to reach me fresh. Pack them in cotton, moistened with 

 formalin, in a glass tube or wide mouthed bottle. I hope those who 

 reside in countries where these phalloids grow, particularly my 

 Australian and South African correspondents, will bear this in mind 

 when they find the eggs. 



NOTES ON THE XYLARIAS. 



We shall be very glad to receive from any correspondents, particularly from 

 tropical countries, specimens of Xylarias. We have done considerable work on the 

 genus, and have photographs of all the historical specimens we noted in the various 

 museums of Europe. Xylarias will be found abundantly in every locality, usually 

 growing on rotten logs. 



Fig. 925 



Fig. 926. 



Xylaria grammica (Fig. 925). This seems to be a characteristic 

 species, readily known by its striate, greyish black surface. The 

 stipe (2-4 cm. x 3-4 mm.) is black, smooth. Each bears one or usually 

 two clubs (5-8 cm. x 8-10 mm.), usually obtuse, cylindrical. The 

 surface is a thin, dark greyish crust with black lines. Internally 

 there is a fuliginous stroma (3-4 mm. thick), pithy in the center and 

 finally hollow. In drying the clubs often contract and split. The 

 penthecia are globose, black, arranged in lines. Spores 6 x 12. 



Xylaria grammica, originally from South America, is said to be 

 very common. It is recorded from West Indies, Australia, and 

 Atrica. We are not assured that the Eastern plant is the same as 

 the American. Our African collection, Xylaria variabilis (cfr. Myc. 

 JNotes, page 636), is young. The clubs are more slender, striations 

 not nearly so prominent, and the "bark" is loose and separates from 

 the stroma which it does not do in the American plant. This African 

 plant is also called Xylaria torquescens. The Australian plant we 



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