species of North American Fungi. 293 



Pileus 2 inches across, nearly flat, thick and obtuse in the 

 centre, viscid when moist, shining with a satiny lustre when 

 dry, of a deUcate blue- drab ; stem 2^ inches high, ^ inch thick, 

 attenuated downwards, smooth, pale blue, at first firm, then soft 

 and hollow ; gills few, rather thick and fleshy, decurrent, darker 

 than the pileus ; interstices corrugated. 



A very beautiful species. 



86. H. aurantiaco-luteus, B. & C. Pusillus, aurantiacus ; pileo 

 e convexo subumbilicato striato glabro ; stipite gracili ; lamellis 

 arcuatis decurrentibus. Curt. no. 5571. Amongst moss {Di- 

 cranum), Connecticut, C. Wright. 



Gregarious, deep orange. Pileus 5 inch across, at first con- 

 vex, then flat or somewhat depressed, smooth, striate; stem 

 1| inch high, not 1 line thick, attenuated downwards, smooth ; 

 gills arched, strongly decurrent. 



This species has precisely the habit of Agaricus fibula. 



87. Lactarius hygrophoroides, B. & C. Pusillus ; pileo sicco 

 pulverulento stipiteque brevi flavo-rubris ; lamellis decurrentibus, 

 distantibus, luteis; interstitiis rugosis. Curt. no. 6194. On 

 the ground, Aug., Maine, C. J. Sprague. 



Pileus li inch across, convex, at length plane, pulverulent, 

 yellowish red; stem not 1 inch high, J inch thick, of the same 

 colour as the pileus; gills very distant, decurrent, yellowish; 

 interstices rugose. 



This species has somewhat the habit of L. volemum. 



*L. calceoluSy B. Two forms of this curious species occur in 

 New England, a larger and a smaller. 



88. L. subtomentosus, B. & Rav. Pileo subtomentoso com- 

 pacto stipiteque cavo basi albo-umbrinis ; lamellis latis distan- 

 tibus decurrentibus albidis; lacte ex albo flavescente acrido. 

 On the ground in swamps. South Carolina, Sept., H. W. Ravenel. 



Pileus 2-3 inches across, convex, umber-brown, dry, sub- 

 tomentose, firm ; stem 1 inch high, | inch thick, of the same 

 colour as the pileus, except at the base, w^here it is white, hol- 

 low ; gills distant, broad, decurrent ; milk-white, becoming yel- 

 lowish, acrid. 



Allied to Lactarius fuliginosus. 



89. Cantharellus princepSy B. & C. Maximus, aurantiacus; 

 pileo infundibuliformi-rugoso, stipite deorsum attenuate ; plicis 

 reticulatis. Curt. no. 6196. Maine, C. J. Sprague. 



Orange. Pileus 5 inches or more across, deeply infundibuli- 

 form, rugose ; stem 5| inches high, 1 inch thick, attenuated 

 downwards ; folds forming an open network. 



This is the largest of the genus, and most distinct. Unfor- 

 tunately we cannot give a more perfect description, as we have 

 no notes. 



