I£Y COLOG I CAL NOTES 
C. G, LLOYD 
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rate it is very curious and we are pleased to be able to present a 
figure of the plant and an enlargement (Fig, 1705) of the curious 
stilboid hairs. Miss Wakefield has pointed out recently (Ofr, Mvc. 
Notes p, 877) a somewhat similar case. She found that the hairs' of 
Polystictus aculeifer are ccnidial bearing. We hope Mr. Chipp will 
continue to observe Echinodia and we have little doubt he win loatn 
the Polyporus into which it develops. 
DACRYOMYCES: I) I GRES SI JS FROM F. VAN DER BILL, SOUTH AFRICA 
(Fig. 1706 ),- We give another figure of this, as the original on 
page 620 was not very good. As stated when named it has the aspect 
of a Tremella and structure of a Dacryomyces« Mr, Van der Bijl'a 
specimen confirms the species which was named from South Africa. 
XYLARIA SCHWEINITZ1I (Pig. 170?),- In the past when the names 
of Xylaria ’’species" were based mostly on single collections, the 
character was largely drawn from shape 1 , size and length of stipe., 
Of how much value such features are may be inferred from Fig.1707 
which represents a single collection of Xylaria Schwe.i.nitsii that I 
found in the New York Botanical Garden, and of which no two specimens 
had the same size, shape or stipe. While these features have a gener¬ 
al value in relation to species, they are not specific,. 
The early namers of Xylarias, Fries, Berkeley and Montague 
had definite ideas as to the species or rather the collections they 
named. Cooke, who came after them, did careless and inaccurate work 
on the subject and any one who draws his conclusions from Cooke's. 
records and figures will 
Hence the work of Kennirr 
get more species wrong than he will 1 right. 
Rehm and Sydow. and apparently Spcgazzini 
who all depended on Cooke, only makes matters worse. The is roe n had 
the best knowledge of species but naturally he could not interpret 
correctly such work as had gone before him. 
AURICULA TOTARAE FROM G. H. CUNNINGHAM, NEW ZEALAND (Fig. 
1708 ).- There is a quite frequent and widespread plant which we now 
call Auricula reflexa, but which has been called Phlehia. reflexa and 
a great many other names. Recently it was put in AuriouQaria as 
Auricularia reflexa, and it is presumed to have cylindrical basidia, 
which we have never been able to see. 
Auricula Totarae is a plant evidently closely related; to this 
more frequent species. It is dark, black when dried. The surface 
(Fig; 170?), enlarged) appears to the eye nodular, tomentose, but a 
section shows the nodules as solid protuberances. The bymenium. on 
lower surface is dark and distinct from the eubhymenial tissue. Im¬ 
bedded in it are globose bodies, I presume basidia s which would, place 
it in a different genus from Auricula reflexa. Spores appear to be 
hyaline, straight, 1} X 4 mic. Collection, G. H. Cunningham, (No,23) 
Weraroa, New Zealand, growing on dead Totara. stump. 
POLYSTICTUS SU3C0GENER (Fig. 1710),- We present another 
figure of this plant as the one we published (Fig. 1578) was not good. 
Cfr. Myc. Notes, p, 898. 
XYLARIA RAMULATA FROM G. H. CUNNINGHAM, NEW ZEALAND (Fig, 1711 
and Fig. 1712 enlarged).- This was published in Theis-sen's work on 
Brazilian Xylarias, and I have specimens from Father Rick, Brazil. 
