MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
c; G! LLOYD 
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LYCOGALA FLAVOFUSCUM FROM GEORGE G. HEDGCOCK, collected in 
Virginia (Fig. 1908 ).— Among the large Myxoirrycetes that I jteceive 
Lycogala, flavofuscum is the finest and these specimens from Mr. 
Hedgeock are unusually fine. These Myxomycetes are frequently sent 
to me as puff balls but as explained in the previous article they 
have an early pasmodial state which no puff ball has. There are two 
species that look much alike and are liable to be*, confused (at least 
I have had a confused idea of one of them) viz. Lycogala flavofuscum 
and Reticularia Lycoperdon. The points of difference have already 
been given, but by the eye the former may be told (contrary to our 
books ) by its silvery cortex, beautifully areolate as shown in our 
enlarged figure 1911. The interior is a mass of greyish (or u pale 
buff”) spores and capillitium, in general appearance to the eye, not 
much different from the usual puff ball. Under the microscope, how¬ 
ever, the capillitium has different appearance to anything found in a 
puff ball. It consists of subhyaline branched tubes, of unequal 
diameter and has the appearance of, as it is said to be, the walls of 
an intricate system of air spaces. We present Fig, 1912 reproduction 
from Lister aa- more correctly representing it than the flat ribbons 
shown by Rostafinski (Fig. 1913) Lycogala.flavofuscum is not rare 
with us, judging from the numbers I have received. It takes mostly 
glabose or piriform shapes but is evidently influenced by its position 
of growth. If it develops on the under side of a log, the mobile 
Plasmodium hangs down from gravity forming an elongated aethalium, 
even attached by a.stalk reminding one of the chrysalis of some 
butterfly. We present, Fig, 1910 such a, specimen that was found and 
photographed in Michigan. 
RETICULARIA LYCOPEKDON FROM Djt. M. S. WHETSTONE, MINNESOTA 
(Fig. 1914).- In general appearance this is much like the preceding 
but the color is reddish brown, covered with a silvery sheen that 
appears to disappear from old specimens. At least the one we have 
from Dr. Whetstone is about the bronze color of the bronze of a 
turkey gobbler. The capillitium is flat, so it appears to me, with 
lacerated edges. It is said to be chambered, and is so shown in 
Rostalfinski *s figure (Fig. 1915) that we reproduce but we do not see 
it that way. 
Reticularia Lycoperdon was named and very well illustrated 
in Bulliard's old work (T. 446 f. 4) excepting he shows- the peridium 
too pale. The gleba color, however, is. very good. His other figure 
T. 476 is with the exception of the gleba color more like Lycogala 
flavofuscum. Macbride tells us it is widely distributed, Maine to 
California. It is probably rare-.for we have but one American collec¬ 
tion from Dr. M. S. Whetstone and one European from Rev. L. Grelet, 
France. We present (Fig. 1914) a photograph of Its, Whetstone's 
specimen. 
