REPORT OF STATE BOTANIST, 189 J 
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Polyporus umbellatus Fr. 
Prof. Atkinson finds this rare species near Ithaca. 
Polyporus Anax Berk. 
This species has apparently been confused by some American 
mycologists with Polyporus intybaceus. I have received specimens 
of it bearing that name. The spores of that species are described as 
elliptic or ovoid. The spores of Polyporus Anax , as shown by our 
specimens, are globose. 
Poria aurea Pk. 
Pine wood near Ithaca. Atkinson. The typical specimens were 
found eight years ago, growing on decaying wood of sugar maple. 
No others except the Ithaca specimens have come to my notice and 
the species is apparently very rare. 
Gyromitra esculenta crispa n. var. 
Whole surface of the pileus finely reticulate with anastomosing 
costae. 
Under evergreens. North Elba. June. 
Gyromitra sphaerospora (Pk.) Sacc. 
Plate B, fig. 21-25. 
Two specimens of this fungus were found in the Adirondack 
region 24 years ago. Since then a single specimen was sent me by 
Prof. Dudley who found it near Ithaca. In June a fine large cluster 
of this extremely rare fungus was found growing on decaying wood 
by the side of the Adirondack Lodge road. Some of the specimens 
had the pileus 4 or 5 in. broad, and the stem 3 or 4 in. long 
and 1 to 2 in. thick. The stem in the large specimens is deeply 
grooved and often pinkish tinted at the base, but it loses this color in 
drying. The plants emit a strong unpleasant odor in drying. The 
species is well marked by its globose spores and so far as I know 
has not yet been found beyond the limits of our state. 
Helvella elastica albida (Peru.) Sacc. 
Near Gouverneur, St Lawrence county. June. Mrs Anthony. 
