MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
C. G. LLOYD 
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a lichen. It was crudely figured in Schweinitz* Synopsis, 1822, and 
more accurately in Kurus’ live. Hefte, 1817. 
THE GENUS BOVISTOIDES 
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The genera of puff halls are largely based on capillitiunr 
characters. Morgan was really the first who worhed it out. Most 
genera, such as Lycopsrdon. Calvatia, etc* have long, intertwined 
threads. There are 'chree genera with short, separate distinct 
threads, viz: Bovista (and Bovistella in part) which have short, much 
branched threads, the branches running out into points in all direc¬ 
tions, and Mycenastrum, which has a simple, short thread with spiny 
points. The plant received from Miss Duthie (Pig. 1517) is a new 
type of thread (Pig. 1518) with short, simple (rarely branched) 
threads running out into points. It is a rare capillitium. A very 
common genus, Catastoma, has simple short threads in the mature gleba 
but the threads do not have pointed ends. They have abrupt ends. 
While never proven I have no doubt but that the threads of Catastoma 
are long and septate when young, and that they breah up into short 
pieces in ripening. Calvatia caelata has a similar thread and could 
be made into a new genus on that character.. We dislike to mahe new 
genera but we Know not what else to do with this plant from Miss 
Duthie. We first inclined to Bovista, but when we consider it has 
neither the threads, peridium nor spores of a Bovista, it would be 
stretching the characters too far. Then we considered Catastoma, but 
this is now a uniform and almost unique genus as to its capillitium 
characters, and ?/e dislike to disturb it by the introduction of dis¬ 
cordant features. 
Bovistoides simplex, from Miss A. V. Duthie, South Africa 
(Pig. 1517).- Plants 1-1 1/2 cm. in diameter. Peridium smooth, soft 
papery brown. Gleba brown, sterile base none. Capillitium of 
simple, short, wavy, colored threads, with acute ends. About 6 mic. 
thick at the thickest portion. Spores globose, 8 mic. strongly 
tubercular, having somewhat the appearance of Scleroderma spores. 
T 3 ipe from Miss A. V. Duthie, South Africa. 
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POLYPORUS VEIULOSUS, PROM Dr. W 
(Pig, 1519).- These are the first specimens 
“type locality 11 . The old types from Java 
37). These are surely the same plant and 
lection since Junghuhn published it years 
A. Yasuda, Japan, two collections that we 
this species. We are convinced now we were in error, and are under 
DOCTERS VAN LEEUWE1I, 
ws have seen from 
are at Leiden 
the first record 
JAVA, 
the 
Letts: 
of a col- 
ago. We have received from 
referred (with doubt) to 
the 
necessity of re-naming the Japanese species 
glad 
to 
ge 
these specimens from Inc Docters van 
We are particularly 
;eeuwen. While we 
had notes and photographs of the type at Leiden 
like having the "real thing 11 . Given that it is 
our photograph tells all the story. 
there is nothing 
a pure white species 
POLYPORUS ZONATULUS, PROM PROFESSOR A. YASUDA, JAPAN (Pig. 
1520).- Pileus vrh ite, drying white, effused, refiexed. Surface 
glabrous, white, very faintly zoned. Context thin. Pores minute 
white or slightly alutaceous, collected in nodules on the resupinate 
portion. Cystidia none. Spores small, hyaline, 3X5. 
