KYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
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Page 894. 
XYLARIA HUSOANDA3, PROH PROFESSOR T. FETCH, CEYLON (Fig. 
1560 ).- Club with slender, black, smooth stern. Fertile portion 
tapering from base to slender, prolonged apex. Color grey. Surface 
rugulose (in drying) but not morifornu Ostioles minute black points 
on the grey background. Spores 5 X 10. Based on Fetch, Ceylon, 
No.3946. The species is characterised by its grey color and long, 
tapering club. It is close evidently to Xylan a similis of Brazil 
but the latter has a blunt club and dark color, from figure and 
description. 
' , XYLARIA BRACK I AT A, PR01.I REV. HYACI1TTHE VANDERYST, CONGO 
BFxjue I Fig. l5ox y .- This was named by Sac car do from Africa, and as 
he gave a good figure of it there is no trouble whatever in recogniz 
ing it. The spores are about 6 X 16 and all the other features are 
shown in our figure. The species is quite close to Xylaria apicula- 
ta, but appears to be -sufficiently distinct in its more slender 
habits and the absence of lines on the clubs. Xylaria venustula of 
the same paper appears to be Xylaria apiculata. 
TREIvIELLA SPAR AS SO IDE A, PR Oil DR. H. S. WHETSTONE, I UNITES OTA 
(Fig. 1562).- It is evident that this must be an unusual specie 3 
or it would have come to my notice before. It is a white plant and 
our photograph presents all its features. The portion sent to me 
and photographed was I judge about one-fourth of the specimen. The 
plant evidently grows from the ground. A section is made up of 
hollow, confluent lobes and reminds one of a Sparassis. The sur¬ 
face is tubercular, something like a coral« Spores are 5-6 x 8-10, 
hyaline with a large gutta. Basidia I find but scantily but appear 
to be hyaline and of the globose, cruciate type« In general nature 
the plant is similar to Tremella vesicarin, illustrated (Fig. 1486) 
on page 871. 
I am informed this plant has been referred to Tremella 
clavarioides (Kyc. Notes Old Species, p.10, fig.224). For me it 
is more close to Tremella vesicaria. But as different as these 
plants are they may be the same species. Tremella clavarioides was 
named by Berkeley as reticulatum a variety (sic) of c Cormier urn 
(sic). There is about as much relation between a Corticium^and a 
Tremella as there is between the sheets of this pamphlet and a box 
of safety matches, and in addition the plant has no_ suggestion of 
being reticulate/ Such careless and absurd naming h.. s no validity 
for me (nor for our friend HcGinty who renamed it. 
XYLARIA ALL AH'? 0ID3 A, RROX R3V. J. RICI, 3 RAX XL ( Pig.1555 ).- 
To show how Xylarias will differ as to snap© are frar- two specimens 
of the same collection. The one on the right is two normal shape 
.nd both are surely the sane species. Xylaria allanteidea is 
characterized by a thin, brown pellicle. It is not a.s bright co-lot 
;; s that of Xylaria tatacina nor as thick. .The .spores are 0 - 6 ^ X 1 
14. The stroma is white, soft, pithy and it finally 00 comes hoi-ow. 
These are nice specimens and definitely fix the species for me. 
XYLARIA IT I GRESOEMS, FROM T. HUNTER, WEST AFRICA (Fig .1564 ).■ 
collection is of a more globose snaps tram one piano .*g __ 
figured, p. 0, fig. 1213. The curious way in whichthe old clues^ 
mis 
split seems to be characteristic* There are several similar species 
