REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 3 1 



slightly mealy it the top, solid, whitish ; spores elliptical .0002 to .00024 

 in. long. .00016 broad. 



Pileus 1.5 to 2.5 in broad; stem 1.5 to 2.5 in. long, 3 to 4 lines thick. 



Ground under pine trees. Delmar. October. 



This species is allied to T. leiuocephalum, but is distinguished by its 

 spores, its hygrophanous pileus and its solid stem. 



Tricholoma melaleucum Pers. 

 Ground among weeds. Long Island. October. J. G. Nickersort, 



Clitocybe robusta n. sp. 



Pileus thick, firm, at first convex, soon plane or slightly depressed in 

 the center, glabrous, white, the margin at first involute or decurved, 

 naked, flesh white; lamella; narrow, close, decurrent, whitish; stem 

 stout, rather short, solid, glabrous, equal or slightly tapering upward, 

 often with a bulbous base, white; spores elliptical, .0003 in. long, .00016 

 to .0002 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 4 in. broad; stem i to 2 in. long, 8 to 12 lines thick. 



Woods among fallen leaves. Catskill mountains. September to 

 November. 



This large and robust fimgus is closely allied to Clitocybe Candida Bres, 

 from which it differs in the naked margin of the pileus, the absence of 

 any marked odor and especially in the more elliptical shape of its spores. 

 The same plant has been collected in Maryland by Mr. L. J. Atwater 

 who considers it edible, having eaten it with satisfaction and safety. 



Omphalia albidula n. sp. 



Pileus thin, convex, glabrous, umbilicate, distantly striate, whitish; 

 lamellae broad, distant, decurrent, white ; stem slender, glabrous or some- 

 times shghtly mealy at the top, strigose-hairy at the base, solid, white or 

 whitish ; spores subelliptical, apiculate at one end, .0003 to .0004 in. long, 

 .0002 to .00024 broad. ^ 



Pileus 3 to 4 lines broad; stem 8 to 12 Hnes long, scarcely halt a line 

 thick. 



Bark of deciduous trees. Mechanicville. October. 



The solid stem is a remarkable peculiarity of this species. 



Omphalia rustica Fr. 

 Sandy soil and heathy places. Delmar. October. I find no descrip- \ 

 tion of the spores of the European plant. In our specimens they are 

 elliptical, .0003 to .0004 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 



