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Type collected on the ground among leaves under redwoods 

 near Portola, California, January 4, 1903, James McMurphy 10. 

 Also collected under redwoods near Jasper Ridge, California, 

 January 11, 1912, James McMurphy 14^. Both of these col- 

 lections were accompanied by excellent field notes and sketches. 

 Specimens without notes but recognized by the characteristic 

 cystidia are, as follows: Mill Valley, California, under redwoods, 

 December 28, 1902, Alice Eastwood 2j; Santa Cruz Mountains, 

 under redwoods, December, 1895, W. R. Dudley lof, 126. 



14. Gymnopilus echinulisporus sp. nov. 



Pileus convex to plane, at length depressed, slightly umbonate 

 when young, wood-loving, reaching 7 cm. broad; surface nearly 

 smooth, moist, glabrous, shining, ferruginous at the center, ful- 

 vous on the margin, paler in dry weather, when it is usually 

 darker at the center than on the margin ; margin folded or fis- 

 sured, strongly incurved on drying; lamellae sinuate-adnate with 

 a tooth, broad, slightly ventricose, ferruginous-isabelline to ful- 

 vous ; spores broadly ovoid to subglobose, conspicuously and 

 densely echinulate, ferruginous under a microscope, 6-9 X 5-6 ; 

 stipe equal, or enlarged just at the base, longitudinally striate, 

 whitish to isabelline-ferruginous, about 6 cm. long, 1.3-1.6 cm. 

 thick; veil apparently wanting, even in quite young plants. 



Type collected on dead wood in moist woods at Mill City, 

 Oregon, November 9, 191 1, W. A. Murrill 81 j. Also collected 

 on dead wood in woods near Corvallis, Oregon, November 6-1 1, 

 191 1, W. A. Murrill pjp. 



15. Gymnopilus vialis sp. nov. 



Pileus convex to expanded, at length depressed, splitting ra- 

 dially at the margin, wood-loving, 5 cm. broad; surface dry, 

 glabrous, smooth, at length rimose, dark flavo-luteous with bay 

 center or the entire surface bay ; lamellae adnate, ventricose, 

 broad, rather close, citrinous to ferruginous-fulvous ; spores 

 ellipsoid, rounded at the ends, smooth, melleous under a micro- 

 scope, 7 X 3-5 \ stipe equal or inflated, solid or hollow, citrinous, 

 fibrillose, especially at the top, where a slight trace of the fuga- 

 cious veil remains, 5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick. 



Type collected on a railway tie in the town of Corvallis, Ore- 

 gon, November 6-1 1, 191 1, W . A. Murrill p'6p. 



