oblong rings, the surface rugose, and in age loosening out into a large, 
open, irregular mesh. Spore bearing tissue between the sterile plates 
and lying between and over the lattice work.” 
We hope some day to present our readers with photographic 
reproductions made from the fresh plant. The accompanying cut is 
evidently much reduced, as the plant is described as being from 7-10 
cm. high. 
227—TORRENDIA PULCHELLA. 
We are very grateful to Rev. Camillo Torrend, of Portugal, for 
specimens of this most curious Gastromycetes, recently described by 
Bresadola in “ Revista de Sciencias Naturaes do Collegia de S. Field ’ 
We are enabled now to illustrate this plant, which is strikingly different 
in many respects from all Gastromycetes heretofore known. It is 
pure white, of a soft gelatinous-fleshy nature, and in general appear¬ 
ance resembles a little Amanita. Instead, however, of having the 
spores borne on lamellae, the hymenium lines cells of the tissue of the 
pileus. The excellent illustration prepared by Bresadola, which we 
reproduce, gives a much better idea of the plant than is possible from 
description. 
In this connection it may not be amiss to give a little personal 
history of Father Torrend and his Order, which we have learned from 
an outside source. He is a member of the Order of the Jesuits. We 
have the highest appreciation of the work that has been done for 
science by members of this Order, although owing to their modesty 
and self-sacrifice, it is rarely brought to the notice of the average 
reader. To this it might be added 
that the Order of the Jesuits is a 
teaching order, and the members 
are chiefly engaged in educational 
work in all portions of the world. 
No one can join the Order unless he 
assumes the obligations to devote his 
life to study, teaching and other oc¬ 
cupations which are considered to 
promote the honor of God and the 
spiritual welfare of his fellowmen. 
He must be a man of learning, 
and as they renounce all claim to 
personal property, must be a man of absolutely unselfish views. While 
not a member of the Catholic Church, I have several correspond¬ 
ents in the Order of the Jesuits. I do not believe a more scholarly, 
learned, or unassuming class of men are engaged in the study of 
science than are to be found in this Order, and to them the world of 
science is indebted to a degree that few recognize. The patient 
investigation of these men commands our sincerest admiration. 
228 -MYCENASTRUM CORIUM. 
The station farthest East from which we have ever received this 
plant is near Chicago, Ill., see Mycological Notes, page 119. In his 
last report, Prof. Peck records this plant from Crown Point, New York. 
131 
Fig 65. 
TORRENDIA PULCHELLA— A joung plant, mature, and 
section. All natural size. 
