.1YG0L0GICAL NOTES 
C. G. LLOYD 
Page 897 
stipe. Surface black, uneven, but the perithecia not protruding.A 
section through the perithecia is variegated yellow and blade, from 
the carbonous walls of the perithecia and the interposed yellpw 
stroma. Stroma solid, hard, pale yellow. Spores 4-5 X 8-9. 
Except in its yellow stroma, unknown to me in any other 
species, this has all the characters of Xylaria castorea, and I have 
a Philippine collection that connects it to Xylaria castorea. Based 
on Elmer 7217 and determined as xylaria corniformis with which it 
agrees in no feature. 
Another collection from the Philippines (Merrill 10549) 
agrees in every essential with Xylaria luteostrornata excepting form 
which is cylindrical, clup shaped. It may be different but we sus¬ 
pect it is the same. Me have labeled it with the same name. Both 
collections had been referred to "Xylaria corniformis", the namer 
having apparently not the slightest familiarity with characters of 
the Xylaria species. 
POLYSTICTUS HOUSTONII PROM GEORGE L. FISHER, TEXAS (Fig. 
1573).- Pileus sessile, imbricate, ochraceous-tawny (of Ridgway). 
Surface glabrous, zoned with puffed zones. Context dry, thin con- 
colorous. Pores minute, hardly visible to the unaided eye, cinnamon 
brown, glancing as viewed by side light. Setae none. Spores 
abundant, small, globose, 3 mic.,•sub-hyaline. 
This grew on an oak stump (?)» As to color it strongly 
reminds one of Lenzites saepiaria but the resemblance stops there. 
It is such a plant as could be expected to have setae. Me would 
enter it in Section 119. The spores appear to have a faint tint 
of color. 
THE MYC0L0GICAL CLASS AT CORNELL (Fig. 1574).- Me present 
a kodak snapshot of Professor Fitzpatrick’s class at Cornell (1919 
Professor Fitzpatrick is not in the picture. \7e believe it was 
he who snapped it. 
rate 
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CATASTOMA UPLANDII FROM DR. I * M. JOHNSTON, CALIFORNIA 
(Fig.1575).- Dr. Johnston, by dilligent collecting at Upland, 
California, is increasing our Catastoma species at an alarming 
Formerly we had but four in the United States but he has added 
in the last year. 
Catastoma Upland!!. Globose, about 2 cm. in diameter, 
purplish brown. Exoperidium thin, rough with adherent sand, per¬ 
sisting at the base (top) of the specimen. Endoperid.Lum thin, dull 
purplish. Gleba olive with slightly reddish tint when ripe., Oapil- 
litium of short pieces pale, about 4 mic. in diameter, 
mic., rough, tubercular, with very minute apicuius„ 
This is quite close to Catastoma Mueller! from 
known only from types at Kew„ The spores are the main 
Phile both have rough spores, the spines of those of 
Muelleri are three or four tines as long as those of 
Spores 8 
Australia, 
difference 
Catastoma 
Catastoma 
Uplandii. Tliese are the only two species in the purplish series 
with apiculate spores. All others are pedicellate. 
1576 ).- 
CATASTOMA BRANDEGEEI FROM T. S. BRANDEGEE, MEXICO (Fig. 
Globose, from 1/2 to 3/4 inches in diameter. Exoperidium 
