Fig. 944. 



POLYPORUS MOLLERIANUS, 

 FROM J. E. A. LEWIS, JAPAN (Fig. 

 944). This is the stipitate form of Poly- 

 porus vinosus, same exactly as to color, 

 context, pores, etc., but spathulate and 

 stipitate (cfr. Apus Pol., page 342). 

 Originally it was from Africa, and we 

 have heretofore only seen African speci- 

 mens. It is a new record in Japan. We 

 have previously gotten, however, the 

 usual form of Polyporus vinosus from 

 A. Yasuda, Japan. 



ISARIA, FROM J. E. A. LEWIS, 



JAPAN (Fig. 945). On Melolontha Japonica, as named by Mr. 



Lewis. Not many of the Isarias have 



specific names, and they should not have, 



for most if not all of them are preliminary 



stages of a Cordyceps. There are good 



grounds to suspect when one finds an 



Isaria on an insect, that the same host 



develops a Cordyceps. We know of no 



Cordyceps on Melolontha in Japan. We Fig. 945. 



have in the United States a Cordyceps 



called Cordyceps Melolonthae, and it is our largest species. With 



us this is developed from the 

 larva, not the perfect insect. 

 We hope our Japanese cor- 

 respondent will specially 

 watch for a Cordyceps on 

 Melolontha. 



STEREUM ELEGANS 

 IN JAPAN. FROM J. E. 

 A. LEWIS, (Fig. 946). This 

 specimen is so much more 

 rigid and firm that we are 

 very much in doubt as to 

 the reference. Also it seems 

 to grow from the earth later- 

 ally, not with a central root 

 as illustrated on page 598, 

 Mycological Notes. Also the 

 pileoli are not as distinctly 

 stalked as usual. 



Stereum elegans, that 

 Fig- 946. had not crystallized into any- 



thing definite until we wrote 



our Stereum pamphlet, proves to be a frequent species in the East, 

 originally from Surinam. We have specimens as follows: 



660 



