Prof. Patouillard has observed the form corresponding to 
Poria subacida, Polyporus adustus, Fomes connatus, Poly- 
stictus sanguineus, and Fomes marmoratus. The specimen 
we found was evidently derived from Polyporus delectans, 
and we have seen at Trexlertown, Pa., the form correspond¬ 
ing to Poria salmonicolor (?). The genus Bresadolia estab¬ 
lished by Spegazzini on a South American species, evidently 
belongs to the same forms. The specimen we found grew in 
close proximity to Polyporus delectans, and is without doubt 
a curious variation of this species, for no other soft, large 
pored , white species of Polyporus occurs in this section. Our 
photograph gives an excellent idea of this curious plant. 
4—THE LARGE LEPIOTAS. 
As the genus Lepiota is one of the easiest we have for 
the beginner to work with we will begin our description and 
photograph distributions, with this genus. We will select 
first the large species (7-10 cm, or larger)which we find 
around Cincinnati, reserving the small species for a future 
paper. Two species we have met, are omitted as we are not 
as yet sure about their determination. 
Two of the species can be known by their dry rough 
pilei, resembling undressed leather, viz : Morgani and 
procera ; two by the flesh turning red when bruised, Ameri¬ 
cana and meleagris ; cepsestipes, a white species, by the 
abundant floccuient particles which cover the pileus ; nau- 
cinus, the other white species, by its smooth firm pileus 
devoid of scales and meal ; acutesquamosa by the erect 
blackish scales ; rubrotincta by its dark red, thin cuticle, 
often cracked or peeling off, but not broken into squamose 
scales. 
5—LEPIOTA MORGANI. 
Pileus globose when young, then explanate, white, 
covered with large, shaggy, darker scales. Gills, remote 
from the stem cm), narrowing in front, broader behind, 
when mature pale greenish color. Ring large, firm, distant 
from the gills, sometimes fixed, sometimes movable. Stem 
cylindrical, firm, stuffed then hollow, slightly thickened below, 
surface smooth. Spores, greenish in mass, 7x12 me. apicu- 
late. 
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