MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
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G, LLOYD 
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seen and the first I have received. Specimens in the museums of 
Europe labeled "Xylaria, gracilis, Braendle mss." are no doubt the 
same thing. Our illustration is from specimens distributed by Shear 
which are more slender tnan those from Prof. Pennington. The latter 
have a resemblance to Xylaria Cornu damae but not so black, thick 
and spores are much smaller. 
PTYCHOGASTSR "VBRSISPORUS (Pig. 1840).- The curious fungus 
that we received from Prof. Umemura, Japan, and published with a 
photograph in Letter 56, Pig, V5C has been observed by Professor 
Yasuda as it grows and found to be not a Calvatia as I provisionally 
classed it when received but a Ptychogasrer form of a Polyporus. 
"While Prof. Yasuda ha.s not succeeded in arriving at the normal Poly¬ 
porus state, until this has been worked out the plant had best be 
known as Ptychogaster versisporus. We present in Fig. 1840 a photo¬ 
graph that has been made of the underside of the specimen, showing 
the evident traces of abortive pores, thus fixing its place and class¬ 
ification.., Most curious things turn up in the shape of Ptychogasters.. 
but this is the first one that could be confused with a Gasteromycete. 
We have not seen Prof, Yasuda 1 s specimen but we have little doubt 
that he has correctly interpreted it. 
POLYPORIJS DORSALIS with a compound stem FROM E. D. MERRILL, 
Philippines (Fig, 1841).- The tropicai form of Polyporus lucidus 
and related species have a tendency at times to produce branching 
stems as shown in Fig. 1841. This is unquestionably an endeavor to 
produce a second pileus, but do they ever succeed? We have seen a 
number of specimens with branching stems but we never saw one that had 
succeeded in producing two pilei, and it is relatively rare that a 
plant makes the attempt. 
POLYPORUS DORSALIS FROM E. D. MERRILL, PHILIPPINES (Fig. 
1843 ).- As illustrating the difficulty of considering polypores on 
shape and stipe characters we present a figure of four specimens of 
the same collection (Ramos 364l8 ) made in the Philippines and unques¬ 
tionably the same species. The specimen of the left Is exactly the 
same plant as referred to Polyporus lingua by Montagne and so con¬ 
sidered in our pamphlet. The three on the right are called by us 
Polyporus dorsalis from the stipe insertion. All of them are in 
reality only species forms of Polyporus lucidus. There are a host of 
so called "new species" in the tropics, all better referred to the 
European species. 
ISARIA CORNEA FROM JOHN GOSSWEILER, W>EST AFRICA (Fig, 1843 ).- 
Q,uite a number of Isarias have reached me but none suggestive of this. 
It consists of simple, brownish clubs of a horny consistency and re¬ 
minds one somewhat of Calocera cornea. The spores are globose, lx/a¬ 
line, 4 mic. and are borne directly on the hyphae of the clubs. As 
often stated, named Isarias are only a convenience in the museum, 
POLYSTICTUS CUNEATO-BRUNFEUS FROM E. D. MERRILL, PHILIPPINES 
(Fig. 1844).- Pileus reduced to a sessile base, cuneate, Mikado brown 
smooth, glabrous. Context pale isabelline. Pores minute, shallow, 
with mouths similar in color but some paler than the pileus. 
