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Hendersonia grossulariae ( hid. 

 Dead or dying stems of cultivated gooseberry , R ibes grossu- 

 [aria L. Orient Point. .May. R. Latham. 



Hydnellum peckii Banker ined. 

 Growing on the ground. North Elba. September. The plants 

 are single or cespitose and have the pilei sometimes confluent. The 

 pileus is whitish becoming brownish or suhviolaceous with age. 



Hygrophorus recurvatus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy in the center, thin toward the margin, convex 

 becoming plane or concave by the margin curving upward, often 

 lacerated on the margin, grayish brown and obscurely striatulate on 

 the margin when moist, subalutaceous and even when dry, glabrous, 

 the center often more highly colored than the margin, flesh white ; 

 lamellae subventricose, distant, venosely connected, decurrent, 

 whitish; stem fragile, equal, stuffed or hollow, fibrous, easily split- 

 ting, subpruinose, white or whitish ; spores broadly ellipsoid or sub- 

 globose, 6-8 x 4-6 /x or 6-7 /i in diameter. 



Pileus 1.2-2.4 cm broad; stem 2-4 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Growing on lawns. Canandaigua. October. Miss E. C. Webster. 



The plants sometimes grow in arcs of circles. The relationship 

 appears to be with H y g r p h r u s c 1 e m a n n i a n u s 

 Blox. from which it may be distinguished by its smaller size, paler 

 color, more fragile character and its upcurved margin of the pileus 

 in mature plants. 



Hygrophorus sordidus Pk. 

 Among fallen leaves along the banks of Bronx river, New York. 

 October. F. L. Schrader. Orient Point. R. Latham. 



Leptosphaeria distributa (C. <!v E.) Sacc. 

 Dead stems of some species of Asclepias. Edwards. May 

 These specimens differ from the typical form in not blackening the 

 cuticle which at first covers the perithecia. 



Marasmius epiphyllus Fr. 

 Fallen leaves. Orient Point. August. R. Latham. I'ort Jef- 

 ferson, Suffolk co. Closely allied to M a r a s 111 i 11 s insititius 

 Fr. from which the more velvety stem will separate it. 



Melanconis alni Tul. 

 Dead branches of hoary alder, A Inns in c a n a (L.) Moench. 

 Rossie, St Lawrence co. May. The specimens are young. 



