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The previous summer, I had examined Montague’s type at Paris 
from Columbus, Ohio, and compared it with specimens sent me 
by Dr. Mary Whetstone from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and by 
Dr. Bruce Fink from Oxford, Ohio. The specimens at Albany 
have also been examined. Paniis mcruliiceps Peck was described 
from specimens collected by Dr. Glatfelter on trunks of elm 
trees at St. Louis, Missouri. The original specimens of Agariciis 
reticnlatus Johnson, collected on Nicollet Island, Michigan, are 
lost, but his description clearly refers to the plant under dis- 
cussion. 
The plant occurs sparingly on fallen dead deciduous trunks, 
especially of elm, in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, 
Minnesota, and Michigan ; and possibly also in parts of Europe. 
Collybia retigera Bres. is also beautifully reticulate, but is quite 
distinct. 
The proper relationship of this species has been a matter of 
considerable doubt, as is evidenced by the fact that it has figured 
in several different genera. The spores are rough but not 
angular, hyaline, slightly yellowish in mass, assuming a pale-rosy 
tint on exposure, reminding one of some species of Pleurotus. 
The context is too tough for Pleurotus, Tricholoma, or Clitocybe, 
or even for Collybia, hence Lentinula is probably the be.st place 
for it, although the species is aberrant in several particulars. 
Lentinula reticeps (Mont.) comb. nov. 
Agariciis {Clitocybe) reticeps Mont. Syll. Crypt. loi. 1856. 
Agaricus {Tricholoma) reticnlatus Johnson, Bull. Minn. Acad. 
i: 354. 1880. 
Agaricus alveolatus Cragin, Jour. Myc. i : 28. 1885. 
Pluteus alveolatus Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5 : 679. 1887. 
Panus meruliiceps Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 32: 78. 1905. 
Pileus fleshy-tough with the cuticle somewhat gelatinous, firm, 
convex or depressed, cespitose, 3 cm. or more broad ; surface glab- 
rous, sometimes viscid, rarely smooth, usually beautifully reticulate 
with elevated, anastamosing ridges, salmon-colored or pale-brick- 
red tinged with yellow in the center, margin involute ; context 
pinkish, without characteristic odor, but with a sweetish taste; 
lamellae fleshy-tough, salmon-colored, adnate or slightly decur- 
