46 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



base, taste acrid ; lamellae broad, lacerate dentate on the edge, 

 whitish ; spores nriiuUe, globose, uninucleate, rough, hyaline, 

 .00016 of an inch in diameter. 



IMleus 2-3 inches broad. 



Decaying wood. Rensselaer and Warren counties. August 

 and September. 



This species is remarkable for the change that takes place, as 

 it matures, in its color and ornamentation, and for the hot peppery 

 taste of the flesh. Sometimes the pileus is costate corrugate on 

 the margin in our specimens though such a character is not attri- 

 buted to the European plant, neither is the acrid flavor. 



Lentinus haematopus Berk. 

 RED STEMMED LENTINUS 



Pileus 1 34-1 •>^ inches broad, umbilicate or depressed, ochra- 

 ceous, quite smooth; lamellae decurrent, margin lacerated; stem 

 1-2 lines high, blood-red, almost laccate at the base, y^ inch thick. 



North America, locality unknown. [Grevillea, 1 133. 1872] 



Pileus thin, plane or centrally depressed, lobed on the margin, 

 glabrous, pale yellow or cream color; lamellae decurrent, dentate 

 serrate, white ; stem short, firm, eccentric, glabrous, blood-red ; 

 spores unknown. 



Pileus 1.5-2 inches broad; stem 2-3 lines long, about 2 lines 

 thick. 



Prostrate trunk of striped maple, Acer pennsylvanicum 

 L. Essex county. Gansevoort, Saratoga co. July. 



This rare species has been found but twice in our State, so far 

 as is known. The original description is so brief and unsatisfac- 

 tory that it has been quoted and a fuller description, derived 

 from our specimens, added. The essential characters of the origi- 

 nal description are so peculiar and the agreement of our speci- 

 mens with them is so close that we do not doubt their specific 

 unity. 



Lentinus suavissimus Fr. 



SWEET SCENTED LENTINUS 



Pileus thin, tough, convex and umbilicate or centrally depressed, 

 glabrous, even or striate on the margin, whitish or yellowish, flesh 

 white, odor agreeable, resembling the odor of melilot; lamellae 

 denticulate, decurrent, sometimes wavy and anastomosing at the 



