DACRYOMYCETACEAE 



Dacryomyces minor Pk. — On old wood at Orient; determined by Dr. Lloyd, 

 who says, " 1 refer it to the above with doubt, but it appears to 

 answer the description. It is a small (l mm.) cushion shape, 

 orange-yellow gelatinous plant, not changing much in drying. 

 If consistently referred, its recent reference to Dacryomyces 

 deliquescens is an error. It differs as noted above. But the 

 structure is most puzzling and I think it is no Dacryomyces. 

 The hymenial tissue is made up of branched septate hyphae (?) 

 filled with granular matter septate and easily disarticulated 

 into cylindrical hyaline guttulate spores (?). The sections have 

 all the appearance of Dacryomyces spores. I find no basidia, 

 although the forked hyphae (?) have much the appearance of 

 Dacryomyces basidia." 



THELEPHORACEAE 



Peniophora laevigata Fr. — Bark of red cedar, Juniperus virginiana at Orient; 

 determined by Dr. E. A. Burt, who says, "your specimen affords 

 the first station for this species in the United States: I received 

 a gathering several years ago from Canada." 



Stereiim albobadium (Schw.) Fr. — Old stems of Brassica oleracea gemmifera 

 (Brussels sprouts), "Orient, R. Latham (in Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb., 17267)," reported by Dr. Burt in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 7: 218. Apr.-Sept. 1920. 



HYDNACEAE 



Hydnum friahile Fr. — On earth in dry woods, Cutchogue; determined by Dr. 

 Lloyd and reported in Mycol Notes 65: 1077. Nov. 1920. A 

 species similar to Hydnum pnlcherrimum B. & C. {H. septen- 

 trionale Fr.) 



{To be Continued.) 



SHORTER NOTES 

 An Intensive Local Study in Rhode Island 



Mr. Albert E. Lownes, of Providence, R. I., who has recently 

 become a member of the Torrey Club, has done some good work 

 near home. In a square mile of terrain, about four miles from 

 Providence, "containing woods, swamps, fields, a river and some 

 small cliffs," he found during the last spring and summer many 

 plants of more than usual interest, including eleven species of 

 Orchidaceae. Among these are numbered Hahenaria bracteafa 

 (Willd.) R. Br. and H. hyperhorea (L.) R. Br. The latter is new 

 to Rhode Island and the discovery extends its New England 

 range far to the south-eastward. 



