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Marasmius salignus Pk. 



This small mushroom usually grows on the bark of willows as its 

 name implies, but specimens were found near Elm lake, Hamilton 

 co. growing on the bark of alder, Alnus incana. 



Marasmius siccus Schw. 

 A specimen of this species is preserved in the herbarium of 

 Schweinitz in the rooms of the Philadelphia Academy of Science. 

 By an inspection of this specimen it was found that Marasmius 

 campanulatus Pk. is not specifically distinct, but this 

 could not be satisfactorily ascertained from the description given 

 of M. siccus. The species is very variable in the color of the 

 pileus but quite constant in its other characters. 



Otidea onotica ochracea Fr. 



This peculiar cespitose variety was found in woods near Lake 

 Placid in September. 



Peltigera aphthosa (L.) Hoffm. 

 Clay soil. Tripoli, Washington co. October. S. H. Burnham. 

 The upper surface of these specimens has a variegated appearance 

 which is due to denuded places where the epidermis has apparently 

 been eaten by some small creature thereby revealing the paler 

 yellowish green inner tissues. 



Polyporus simillimus Pk. 



The name and distinguishing characters of this species were 

 published in New York State Museum Report 32, page 34. Its 

 nearest ally, P. parvulus KL, is now referred to the genus 

 Polystictus, to which genus this species also should be referred. 

 The original specimens were found growing in the same locality 

 as P. parvulus and were scarcely separable from it except 

 by the much smaller pores and different spores. Since then it 

 has been found in many places where no P. parvulus was 

 seen. 



Polyporus sulphureus (Bull.) Fr. 



An apparent variety of this common species occasionally occurs 

 in which the pores are white instead of sulfur-yellow. For the sake 

 of convenience of reference I propose for it the name Poly- 

 porus sulphureus semialbinus Pk. Sometimes the 

 hymenium of this variety is composed of closed cells as in the so 

 called genus Myriadoporus. 



