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other plant, as though the plant might be sometimes proliferous on 
itself. In the fall of тдог I received from Prof. Sweetser, Forest 
Grove, Oregon, some fresh plants of A. Auriscalpium packed in 
damp moss.and enclosed in a tight can. A few days after they were 
received what appeared to be new growths were observed starting 
out from the base of the stipe. Іп several cases they were ob- 
served later to start from the upper part of the stipe also and 
even from the pileus. Тһе material was placed in a damp chamber 
where the growth was maintained from Dec. 7 to Jan. 25. Dur- 
ing this time a number of the growths developed, becoming 
slender subterete stipe-like bodies, more or less hirsute, with con- 
ical-pointed naked tips, 1-5 cm. long and 1-4 mm. wide, br ownish 
toward the base, becoming pale toward the naked tips, covered 
with strigose hyaline hairs. About the naked tips and especially 
near the edge of the growth of hairs a few basidia were observed 
with four spores about 4-5 и wide. In time these growths which 
were all nearly vertical gave off branches similar to themselves, 
and finally on these stems, especially in the region of the naked 
tips, small conical papillae were formed. At the time it was 
thought that these growths would develop into normal plants of 
4. Auriscalpium but pilei never developed. Considering the re- 
semblance of these growths in consistency and color to the A, 
Auriscalpium plants their association and the evidence of prolifer- 
ation given by the Desmazieres specimens it seems probable that 
these were abnormal growths of the plant. 
10. GRANDINIOIDES gen. nov. 
Plant pileate, thin, membranaceous or subgelatinous ; teeth 
minute, papilliform or subcylindrical, subciliate. 
This genus differs from all the preceding in its subgelatinous 
or membranaceous substance and its exceedingly minute almost 
Microscopic teeth. The latter feature suggests its relation to 
Grandinia as indicated by the name, but it differs from the latter 
in its consistency, its pileate form, and the teeth being more minute. 
т. Grandinioides flavum (Swartz) 
Peziza flava Swartz, Nov. Gen. et Sp. РІ. 150. 17 68. ak 
Hydnum flavum Berkeley, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 380. 
1843. 
