No. 2.] [August, 1872. 



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A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY, 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NEW- YORK FUNGI. 



Described by Charles H. Peck. 



The following are in continuation from page 4. 



Agaricus (Pleurotus) serotinoides. Peek. — Pileus fleshy, thick, 

 firm, convex .above, minutely punctate-tomentose, slightly viscid 

 when young or moist, the margin usually incurved; gills close, 

 determinately ceasing, some of them forked, white or yellowish ; 

 stem lateral, short, thick, scarcely distinct when viewed from above, 

 yellow and tomentose beneath. — Report, p. 86. 



Trunks of deciduous trees in woods. Oct. Nov. 

 Crespitose, imbricating, or solitary, 1-2 in. broad, grayish brown, 

 variously modified with yellow and greenish or olivaceous hues ; 

 edge of the gills sometimes discoloured and slightly floccose. 



Agaxicus (Entoloma) strictior. Peek. — Pileus thin, submernbra- 

 naceous, broadly convex or expanded, umbonate, smooth, shining, 

 hygrophanous, striatulate, grayish-brown ; gills rather broad, rounded 

 or deeply emarginatc at the stem, pale, flesh-coloured; stem straight, 

 equal, or very slightly tapering upward, nearly smooth, hollow, with 

 a dense white mycelium at the base. — Report, p. 88, t. ii.,f. 6-9. 

 Ground in groves and their borders. Albany. Oct. 

 Height 2-4 in., breadth of pileus 1-2 in., stem 1-2 lines thick. 



Agaricus (Clitopilus)Noveboxacensis. Peclt.— Pileus fleshy, thin 

 convex, then expanded or slightly depressed, with the margin re- 

 curved, dingy white, cracking into areas, or concentrically rivulose, 

 sometimes obscurely zonate ; gills close, narrow, long decurrent, 

 some of them forked, white, at length dingy, tinged with yellow or 

 flesh-colour ; stem concolorous with the pileus, equal, solid, smooth, 

 with white mycelium, and brittle branching white rootlets. — Report, 

 p. 89. 



In woods and pastures. North Elba and Albany. Aug. Oct. 

 Gregarious or sub-ea^spitose. Height 1-2 in.; breadth 1-2 in.; 

 Btem 1-2 lin. thick. Odour of new meal, taste very bitter, spores 

 globose, pale flesh-coloured. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) temnophyllus. Peek.— Pileus fleshy, hemi- 

 spherical, then convex, smooth, dull yellow; gills very broad, at- 

 tached, obliquely truncate at the inner extremity, brownish-ferrugi- 



