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tinguished, even at some distance, by its very agreeable, anise-like 

 odor. In all my collecting, both in America and Europe, I never 

 found this species on anything except willow until October 18, 

 192 1, at Yama Farms, when I observed two large, fresh hymeno- 

 phores about eight inches wide growing on a fallen dead trunk of 

 the large-toothed aspen, Populus grandidentata, in the woods above 

 the power-house west of Napanoch. The nearest willows were 

 specimens of Salix alba in the Japanese garden of Yama Farms 

 about a quarter of a mile away, and several hymenophores of 

 T. suaveolens were conspicuous on their trunks. After this ex- 

 perience, I looked through our herbarium and found two other 

 specimens collected on poplar, one by C. C. Hanmer (2058) at 

 Hartford, Connecticut, many years ago, and the other by P. Wil- 

 son at Glenerie Falls, New York, August 31, 19 14. The latter 

 was at the base of living Populus grandidentata not very far from 

 where I found my specimen. Mr. Hanmer did not mention the 

 species of poplar on which his specimen grew. Poplars are near 

 relatives of the willows, which accounts for their ability to serve 

 as occasional hosts for this fungus. 



W. A. Murrill 



SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE WITH A STIPE 



Dr. C. E. Fairman's recent article, " The Fungi of Our Com- 

 mon Nuts and Pits," 1 brings to mind the occurrence, some years" 

 back, of Schizophyllum commune on chestnuts imported from the 

 Orient. The chestnuts had been placed in wet sand, in germinat- 

 ing trays, in the greenhouse of the United States Plant Introduc- 

 tion Field Station, at Chico, California. Buried to the depth of 

 about two inches, they remained thus for a period long enough to 

 induce germination, but, instead of young chestnut seedlings, a 

 crop of the Schizophyllum appeared, much to the astonishment — 

 and amusement — of the gardener, Mr. Henry Klopfer. On ex- 

 huming the nuts, it was found that nearly all had produced from 

 their shells (not from their kernels) beautiful specimens of this 

 common fungus, each specimen supported on a distinct stem that 



1 Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 6: 73-115. pi. 15-20. Sept. 1921. 



