165 
Russian Asta. 
BASIDIOMYCETES. 
Paxillus Osteopson, — (sp. nov.) Pileus carnoso-lentus 
vel sub-coriaceus, planus vel depressus, er arcte involuto 
sericeo glabratove, pinta albidus, 3-4 em. diam. Lamelle 
RE Aee hreh tok. confertæ, passim er anastomosantes. 
Spore subgloboss 4-5 fi diam. Stipes curtus, solidus, glaber, 
fuscescens.—Kew Bulletin, 1899, p. 56. 
MONGOLIA. Mrs. 
Growing almost bur ied i in loose sand ; said to be used exten- 
ri and with beneficial results in the treatment of diseased 
bones 
TIBET. 
BASIDIOMYCETES. 
Clavaria fusiformis, papery; Eng. Fungi (1799) t. 224. 
S. TIBET. Yatung, Hobs 
J APAN. 
UREDINEÆ. 
Puccinia Polygoni, Pers. Syn. (1801) p. 227 (P. Polygoni- 
amphibii, Pers., l.c 
ESSO Abashiri, on Polygonum sachalinense, F. Schmidt, 
Faurie, 13, 856. 
Innia, 
BASIDIOMYCETES. 
Pleurotus cretaceus, Massee (sp. cene Pileus carnoso-lentus, 
sicco rigidus, subrotundus, uno latere productus, margine 
involuto, plano-convexus, Spe kai glaber, albidus, 6-9 
m. di Lamelle confert®, attenuato-decurrentes, postice 
m, 
anastomosantes, albide. Spore rs hyaline, glabrz, 
3x4 oz excentricus, sepe fere lateralis, glaber, albidus, 
3-5 cm. longus, 2-3 cm. crassus, deorsum attenuatus, siccitate 
Qo act renamed rugulosus. 
| PUNI. eshawar, on wood, Watt, 1 5 
A very bis fungus, entirely creamy white. "Very rigid 
when dry, and looking exactly like a ee of Paris model, 
Allied to P. sapidus, Kalchbr. Dr. Watt’s note accompanying 
the specimen is as follows : “ It comes from Peshawar, where it is 
