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cut has been made, from the position photographed it appears that the 
stipe is not lateral, but as a fact it is. Things are not always 
what they seem, even photographs, 
POLYPORUS (GANODERMUS ) ASPERULATUS PROM OTTO A. RE INKING 
PHILIPPINES (Pig. 2000).— Pilaus reniform, glabrous, pale brown, 
faintly zoned with dull now, laccate surface. Context pale 'i sab el line. 
Stipe lateral, 3-6 mm. thick, 5-10 cm. long with dull surface, pro¬ 
ceeding probably from an underground rhizome. Pores small, round 
3.-1 1/ 2 cm. long. Spores^obovate 16 X 28 in the type, 14 X 20 in 
collection from Mr. Reinking, strongly reticulate with hyaline, 
truncate base. 
\¥e are alwaya glad to get specimens of this rare and unique 
section and particularly of this which is the second collection made 
in the Philippanes. Otherwise it has only been reported, one col¬ 
lection from Borneo. The first collection (now at New; York) was made 
by Copeland in 1907. It was described by Murrill as having spores 
"studded with immense warts" an error of observation as the spores 
are reticulate, the edges of the reticulations appearing under the 
lens as spines. 
This collection, T. Perrer, 9767, was made on "dead wood, Mt. 
Maquiling, Luzon, Oct. 1, 1930". It is more slender than the orig¬ 
inal collection and has smaller spores. It appears to me as though 
it had a rhizome, hence probably grew in the ground but of course I 
do not dispute the collection notes. Since the above was written I 
have another specimen from Mr. Reinking (Sison 9729) also endorsed 
"on dead wood" but I think that must be a mistake. 
POLYSTICTUS RADIATA-RUGOSUS PROM L. RODWAY, TASMANIA (Fig. 
2001 ).- Pileus thin, rigid, glabrous or appress.ed fibrils, white (or 
some slightly bay in places) with concentric, raised zones. Context 
white, thin. Pores small, ochraceous. Qystidia none. Spores 
3 X 6-7, hyaline, cylindrical, straight. We utilize a name of 
Berkeley from Tasmania for this though not the same as description, 
which while close does not all apply. Still we need a name for it 
and if not correct no one will ever know, the difference for therd is 
no "type" at Kew. Our photograph will fix it for the future. It 
seems frequent as Mr. Rodway sands three collections. It goes in 
Sect, 105 of out tentative arrangements. 
PTYCHOGASTER AUREUS FROM 1. T. PAUL, AUSTRALIA (Fig. 2002).- 
We dislike to name an object about which we know as little as we do 
of this but the genus Ptychogaster is a.convenient receptacle in 
which to include all anomalous growths that one does not know how to 
classify. Certainly it is something very exceptional. Mr. Paul sends 
two specimens that evidently grew on a charred log. Both are orange 
yellow, internally and externally. The cuticle is a thin, yellow 
membrane. The gleba is firm but crumbly. The microscope shows yellow 
branched hyphae, 4-5 mic. thick, in which are imbedded two very 
curious bodies. First, short, thick, subhyaline bodies (Fig, 2003) 
hyphae? about 12 mic. thick and septate with short joints. I do not 
know what these are unless they are young spores. Second, large, 
globose, thick-walled, smooth cells, I presume spores. I do not know 
how borne but seem to be arranged in rows as though they resulted 
from the breaking up of the large, septate bodies. 
