MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
C. G. LLOYD 
Page 1067 
_ ALBURODISCUS SCOPULATUS PROM NELSON A, NUNEZ VALDEZ, ECUADOR 
(Fig. 2012).- Mostly resupinate, white, with a narrow, reflexed 
border. Paraphyses (Fig, 2013) "bottle brushes" hyaline, very numer¬ 
ous and conspicuous in a section. Spores subglobose, 20 mic., smooth. 
Gloeocystidia few, cylindrical, mostly imbedded in the subhymenial 
tissue and projecting up between the paraphyses but not near the sur¬ 
face. In a section the few gloeocystidia, are the only colored 
elements. We suspected this was an Aleurodiscus for its general 
appearance is like Aleurodiscus Oakesii but it is white. The mic¬ 
roscope told the rest for Aleurodiscus is the one genus where the 
microscope tells a great deal. It belongs in Section 2 of our sum¬ 
mary and is close to Aleurodiscus Japonicus but has gloeocystidia, 
being the only species in which I have noted this character. In a 
section the abundant "bottle brush" paraphyses are the most conspicu¬ 
ous. It may have names as Corticium but no one knows what they are. 
Hohnel’s (since the war we omit the title'of. "nobility" "von") figure 
of paraphyses, etc. of Aleurodiscus croceus could be taken for this, 
but Aleurodiscus croceus belongs in a different section as to grosser 
features. 
LENTINUS ATRO-LUCIDUS FROM L. RODWAY, TASMANIA (Fig. 2014).- 
Sessile, dimidiate with a jet black, shining, smooth surface. Con¬ 
text fleshy, white. Gills white, crisped when dry. Edges even. 
Cystidia large, fusiform 12 X 60 thick walled but smooth. Spores 
4X6, smooth. 
A most remarkable thing which I would no doubt have noted if 
it were found in the museums. There are in addition to the large 
prominent cystidia what 1 presume are cystidia of a different type, 
many flattened, globose, thick walled, hyaline, smooth, about 16 mic. 
in diameter. As one looks down on them on the side of the gill they 
look like thick discs strewn over the surface. 
EXIDIA GLANDULOSA (Fig. 2015),- I collected at McLean/ near 
Ithaca, in May, 1919, quantities of Exidia glandulosa on the alder. 
It has a different appearance from the common plant around Cincinnati 
(See page 1046 fig. 1930) and at first I did not recognize it. It 
was more disciform, more flat, of distinct individual specimens. It 
was young and perhaps confluent with age but it does not appear so. 
This form was black and had but few papillae. It seems to be about 
the same a.s I received from Mr. Weir (Myc, Notes page 1046 ) and there 
is a real though slight difference from the common form. It dries 
however, a thin, black film, same as the usual plant, 
ANTENNARIA SCORIADEA FROM L. RODWAY (Fig. 2017 h- As named by 
Mr. Rodway. We are glad to learn a name for this as it is liable to 
come in from someone else. I do not find perithecia, but the monili- 
form, b&ack threads (Fig, 2018) are very curious to me. 
We have in the States a very similar and very different .plant, 
Scorias spongiosa. (Fig. 2016), It is frequent on branches of beech 
and (teste Ellis) grows in connection with plant lice (Aphis), 
Schweinitz records a specimen two feet in extent. The tissue is en¬ 
tirely different from that of Antennaria scoriadea. It is made up of 
pale, elongated cells, While both of these plants belong to families 
we know little about we are glad to be able to recognize them. Both 
of these plants are Pyrenomycetes and classified in our "Keys" by the 
fruit, but I believe it is rare for either to have fruit. 
