mycological notes 
C. G, LLOYD 
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of not much "specific value" for intermediate plants usually occur so 
it is not practical. But in this case I think both are "good" species, 
very many collections of both are in our museum and not one inter¬ 
mediate. This will no doubt be a shock to the "closet naturalist" who 
can not see a difference perfectly obvious to eyes, so long as the 
difference is not so minute as to only be seen with the microscope. 
LENZITES REPANDA FROM E, D, MERRILL, PHILIPPINES (Fig,1836 ).- 
^e present a photograph of two specimens of the same collection 
(Wenzel 140), One is thick with daedaloid gills , the other thin with 
crenate 5 lenzitoid gills. The first is the usual type of this common 
plant, the second a variation of the same collection. Is it any wonder 
that Lenzites repanda masquerades in Philippine lists under several 
different names? 
PTYCHOGASTER NIGER FROM DR. G. ZENKER, VEST AFRICA (Fig,1837), 
- What curious things grow in Africa in the fungus line ! Ptychogasters 
are supposed to be abnormal developments of Polypores but I am sure 
I never saw a Polypore from which this cGuld possibly be derived. My 
first impression was that it was a Polystictus with very minute pores 
and very curious in being black and soft. When sectioned I found the 
pores were obliterated if it ever had p>ores, which is only a theory 
as to Ptychogasters, but the tissue supposed to be metamorphosed pores 
is well defined from the context. This (pore? ) tissue consists of 
pale colored, thick hyphae, 8-10 mic. thick, bearing throughout large, 
globose, pale colored spores, strongly echinulate and 8-10 mic. in 
diameter (Fig. 1838 magnified). The hyphae of the context tissue is 
more slender, loosely matted and does not bear spores. From all our 
previous id.eas of Ptychogaster this differs in many ways. While indi¬ 
cations of pores are seen on a fracture they do not show on a section. 
The pore hyphae bearing the spores does not disorganize as usual and 
the spores are firmly attached. Often in Ptychogasters the tissue is 
very scanty and the spores form a powdery mass. And in addition it is 
the only truly black polypore I can recall. The specimen is attached 
to the branch by a broad base and seems to clasp the stem, as shown 
in the figure, though it is soft and flexible and no doubt part of this 
clasping effect is due to wrapping it for shipment. The branch on 
which it grew is apparently a living branch, very hard wood, not at 
all affected by any rot. Is the fungus epiphytal? A view contrary to 
all ideas of fungal nature. 
XYLARIA SUBTERRANEA FROM PROF. L, H. PENNINGTON, NEW YORK 
(Fig.1839).- Clubs cylindrical, slender, acute, usually growing a few 
together from a somewhat pannose base, simple or with a few long 
branches. Perithecia strongly moriform. Spores 7 X 14-16. 
This is a rare species, or at least is rarely collected, and 
was first sent to Schweinitz by Dr. Torrey. Originally it came from 
timbers in a well, hence the name, and it seems to grow on wood that 
is kept wet. But it is not well named if it did grow in a well and 
one might’ as well so name a fish that was caught in a well. The 
Torrey specimens, as illustrated by Schweinitz, are immature. They are 
still preserved at Philadelphia. In addition Rau found it on wet logs 
of a pump and sent it to Ellis (Exssic.771, ) Shear (Exssic.331, Fig. 
1839) on a log in edge of a brook and Prof. Dearness sent it to Ellis. 
The collection from Prof. Pennington is therefore the fifth only I have 
