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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  85 
  

  

  nial 
  or 
  remain 
  alive 
  till 
  spring, 
  I 
  have 
  noted 
  this 
  month 
  some 
  

   25 
  or 
  30 
  different 
  species. 
  

  

  2. 
  Little 
  or 
  nothing 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  coming 
  up 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  but 
  on 
  old 
  trunks 
  there 
  are 
  occasional!}' 
  tufts 
  of 
  

   Agaricus 
  sapidus, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  roots 
  or 
  vipon 
  the 
  erect, 
  

   dead 
  trunk 
  of 
  willows 
  or 
  sometimes 
  of 
  sugar 
  maple 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  the 
  yellow 
  tufts 
  of 
  Agaricus 
  velutipes. 
  An 
  old 
  dead 
  

   tree 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  woods 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  fertile 
  subject. 
  Look 
  

   along 
  it 
  and 
  underneath 
  it. 
  Pull 
  off 
  its 
  bark, 
  examine 
  the 
  

   inside 
  and 
  the 
  wood 
  next 
  it. 
  You 
  w^ill 
  find 
  Myxos, 
  Hyphos, 
  

  

  Pezizas, 
  etc. 
  

  

  3. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  season 
  flourish 
  best 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   Tremellas 
  and 
  their 
  kindred. 
  Hirneola 
  or 
  Jew's 
  Ear 
  grows 
  

   here 
  and 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  hard 
  wood 
  of 
  hickory 
  and 
  maple, 
  Exi- 
  

   dias 
  are 
  strung 
  along 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  branches 
  of 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  Giiepinias 
  spring 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  clefts 
  of 
  the 
  

   wood. 
  Here 
  is 
  a 
  fertile 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  forms. 
  In 
  our 
  

   aversion 
  to 
  "species 
  making," 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  constant 
  effort 
  to 
  refer 
  

   our 
  American 
  species 
  to 
  European 
  forms 
  already 
  described. 
  

   So 
  far 
  as 
  Hymenomycetes 
  are 
  concerned 
  more 
  mistakes 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other. 
  

  

  4. 
  ScHizoPHYLLUM. 
  I 
  have 
  lately 
  been 
  catching 
  the 
  

   spores 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  Schizophyllum 
  on 
  a 
  slide 
  and 
  trying 
  

   to 
  find 
  them 
  " 
  almost 
  globular 
  ;" 
  "but 
  they 
  are 
  invariably 
  ob- 
  

   long, 
  somewdrat 
  apiculate, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  5-6 
  X 
  2.5 
  mic. 
  

   Is 
  ours 
  a 
  different 
  species 
  or 
  is 
  there 
  a 
  mistake 
  somewhere? 
  

   Do 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  friends 
  find 
  specimens 
  with 
  the 
  spores 
  " 
  sub- 
  

   rotund?" 
  

  

  5. 
  Menispora. 
  The 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  pretty 
  

   Hyphos. 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  is 
  Menispora 
  Libertiana 
  ; 
  in 
  

   fact 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  common. 
  Its 
  spores 
  are 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  

   more 
  obtuse 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  M. 
  ciliata, 
  which 
  I 
  frequently 
  

   meet 
  with 
  also. 
  Other 
  species, 
  whose 
  spores 
  are 
  without 
  

   the 
  cilia, 
  1 
  occasionally 
  find, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  M. 
  glauca 
  and 
  M. 
  

   apicalis 
  or 
  something 
  similar. 
  M. 
  cobaltina 
  is 
  very 
  curious 
  

   and 
  rare 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  but 
  once, 
  and 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  running 
  

  

  over 
  old 
  dead 
  leaves. 
  

  

  6. 
  Arthrosporium. 
  Late 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  continuing 
  

   through 
  the 
  winter 
  until 
  spring, 
  the 
  colonies 
  of 
  A. 
  comfosi- 
  

   tum 
  Ellis 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  o3d,^ 
  much 
  

   clecayed 
  oak 
  chunks 
  ; 
  it 
  nestles 
  in 
  the 
  holes 
  and 
  crevices 
  in 
  

   total 
  darkness, 
  spreading 
  over 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  looking 
  to 
  the 
  

   naked 
  eye 
  like 
  a 
  minute 
  resupinate 
  Hydnum. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  pretty 
  

   microscopic 
  object, 
  and 
  T 
  am 
  always 
  pleased 
  to 
  bring 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  