220 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Russula vellerea Fr. 

 Lee County, December, 1896 (Baker). 



Russula virescens (Schaef.) Fr. 

 Ala. Bull. 265. 



Lee County, July, 1896 ( Underwood $ Earle). 

 New Jersey, Ohio. Europe. 

 Edible. 



Tribe SCHIZOPBYLLEAE. 

 SCHIZOPHYLLUM Fr. 



Schizophyllum commune Fr. 



Ala. Bull. 265. Cornell Bull. 26. 



On standing trunks and branches. Mobile County, December, 1895 (Earle). Lee 

 County, February, June, 1896 (Underwood j- Earle). Winston County, June, 1896 

 ( Underwood). 



On diseased timber; common throughout the State. 



Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio. Europe. 



Tribe MARASMIEAE. 



XEROTUS Fr. 



Xerotus viticola B. & C. 

 Peters coll., as X. nigrata. Ala. Bull. 265. 

 (Peters.) 

 South Carolina. 



LENTINUS Fr. 



Lentinus lecontei Fr. 

 Ala. Bull. 260. Cornell Bull. 26. 



On dead trunks. Lee County, Auburn, February 22, 1891 (Atkinson). 

 Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio. 



Lentinus lepideus Fr. 



Ala. Bull. 260. Cornell Bull. 26. 



In woods. Lee County, Auburn, August, 1890 (Atkinson). 



On pine wood. Lee County, May, June, July, 1896 ( Cnderwood $- Earle) ; October, 

 December, 1896 (Earle). 



Lentinus ravenelii B. & C. 

 Ala. Bull. 260. 

 (Beaumont.) 

 South Carolina. 



Lentinus strigosus FT. 



Ala. Bull. 260. 



Lee County, February, April, 1896 ( Underwood $ Earle); Tuecaloosa f'ounty, May, 

 1896 ( Underwood) ; Winston County, June, 1896. Rather common. 



Lentinus tigrinus ( Bull ) Fr. 

 Peters coll. Ala. Bull. 260. 



Northern Alabama (Peters). Lee County, April, 1896 ( Underwood $ Earle). 

 Ohio. Europe. 



Lentinus underwoodii Peck, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 414. 1896. 

 Ala. Bull. 260. 

 On Quercus. Macon County, July, 1896 ( Underwood). 



Lentinus ventricosus Peck, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 414. 1896. 



Ala. Bull. 261. 



On the ground. Lee County, December, 1895 ( Undencood) ; November, 1896 (Earle). 



This curious species can hardly be a Lentinus. The gills are not notched; the 

 flesh is soft and watery, and it has a remarkable thick leathery veil. When these 

 plants are revised, it will doubtless stand as the type for a new genus. 



