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[Vor,. IV, Nos. 2, 3, 
comes quite smooth when old. Trunks, South Carolina, Curtis, Annals 
and Mag. N. H., December, 1853. Cent. N. A. F.,No. 33. New Y oik, oak 
stumps, Wading River, September, Peck, 33d Rep., p. 21, writes: “The 
margin of the pileus is sometimes marked by small, oblique elevations or 
ridges which unite inwardly and thus form, with the edge of the pileus, 
small triangular spaces. Sometimes the two elevated lines which form 
the sides of a triangle divide near the margin and thus form two very 
small additional triangles. The pure white color and regular, even pileus 
make this a very pretty species. The color, however, becomes slightly 
tinged with yellow in drying. Name, Zem, smooth. 
8. Panus dealbatus, Berk. 
Pileus three-quarters of an inch broad, flabelliform, sometimes lobed; 
when moist, tough and flexible, umber-brown, striate; when dry, white 
and minutely cracked, as if whitewashed, with a dark border; stem'quar¬ 
ter of an inch or more high, dilated upwards, compressed and often canal¬ 
iculate, perfectly lateral, of the same color and texture as the pileus; 
gills narrower, umber-brown, distinct, without any veins in the inter¬ 
stices, decurrent and clothed below with a white stratum; when dry, 
brown, with a white edge. Allied to A. farinacens, Schum., but at once 
distinguished by its very decurrent gills. There are few prettier fungi 
than this wdien dry. Sometimes the stem is forked and each division pro¬ 
duces a distinct pileus. (Des. New Species Fungi, etc., Thomas G. Lea, 
Cincinnati, 1849.) This fungus was discovered by Mr. Lea, on a dry dead 
branch, Waynesville, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1844 ; South Carolina, Curtis; Ohio, 
Morgan (Miami Valley) on branches of elm; New York, l J eck, 33d Rep., 
p. 21; decaying wood of deciduous trees,Vernon, August. Name, de-albo , 
to whitewash, from appearance of pileus when dry. 
9. Panus fcetens, Seer. 
Pileus pliant, spongy, spathelike, convex-depressed, somewhat silky, 
dirty white, stretched out behind into a long stem, the upper part of 
which is channelled; gills decurrent, firm, pressed together, flesh yellow, 
odor foetid; stem IF long, 4" thick; pileus 2F broad. On pine trunks. 
Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 489. Name, feetor, a stench, from the smell. This 
species is mentioned only by M. A. Curtis, who found it on dead wood in 
South Carolina. 
* * * 10. ANUS DORSALIS, BOSC. 
Pileus, IF—3' broad, fleshy coriaceous, at first resupinate, afterwards 
expanded, sessile, somewhat reniform, tomentose, luteous, expallent, 
often imbricate and sessile or sometimes slightly stipitate ; gills broad, 
rather distant, orange tawny; spores same color. On stumps and trunks. 
North and South Carolina, autumn and winter, dead pines,M. A. Curtis; 
South Carolina, winter, dead trunks of pine, Ravenel; Ohio, Morgan. 
The latter writes: “This I have no doubt is the same plant as Agaricus 
nidulans, Fr. I have observed it carefully in every stage and it agrees 
perfectly with the figure and description of Fries’ leones , except the sub¬ 
stance is leathery and persistent, not putrescent.” (Mycologic Flora 
