developed from a large sclerotium, although there is an unnamed 

 species of Lentinus in the arid region of our southwest. 



A number of very complete papers on the sclerotia of Europe have 

 been published by Leveille, Bommer and others, and in looking them 

 over I do not find any description that seems to apply to Father Bout- 

 lou's specimen. While the specimens grew in the ground under a 

 manure pile, they are undoubtedly the sclerotia of some manure 

 loving species. I only recall one in this connection, namely, Coprinus 

 stercorarius, but that proceeds from sclerotia not larger than peas and 

 can not possibly be these specimens. We hope that Father Boutlou 

 will succeed in growing a fungus from the sclerotium and solve this 

 interesting mystery. 



ASTEROSTROMA EPIGAEUM, FROM PROF. A. YASUDA, 

 JAPAN (Fig. 1060). Resupinate, growing on bare ground. Thick, 

 hard, woody. Context brown, of densely 

 woven, dichotomously branched hyphae, with 

 divaricate, spiny tips (hence Asterostroma for 

 me, Asterostromella for v. Hohn. but probably 

 Stereum for any one else). Cystidia none. 

 Spores abundant, globose, 5-6 mic., minutely 

 rough and I believe with a faint tinge of color, 

 but almost hyaline. 



This species resembles to the eye Stereum 

 duriusculum, but has brown context and isabelline surface. It would 

 be classed in the Friesian system in the genus Stereum. 



LENZITES TENUIS, FROM PROF. A. YASUDA, JAPAN 

 (Fig. 1061). This was named by Leveille from Guadaloupe and the 

 specimen is at Paris. It was recently named Lenzites Earlei from 

 Cuba. The character of the plant is the narrow, close, crisped gills 

 (Fig. 1061). The West Indies plant is white and glabrous, and this 



Fig. 1060. 



BtfL 



Fig. 1061. 



Japanese collection has a minutely downy surface arid a faint, pinkish 



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