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Marasmius straminipes, Peck. 
Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical or convex, smooth, striate, whitish ; 
lamellae distant, unequal, white; stem corneous, smooth, shining, filiform, 
inserted, pale straw color. 
Plant 1'-2' high, pileus 1-3” broad. 
Fallen leaves of the pitch pine, Pinus rigida. Center. October. 
Lenzites vialis, Peck. 
Pileus coriaceous, sessile, dimidiate or elongated, sometimes confluent, ob- 
scurely zoned, subtomentose, brown or grayish-brown, the margin cinereous ; 
lamellae thin, anastomosing abundantly, pallid, cinereous-pruinose on the 
edge when fresh. 
Pileus 6/-12” long. 
Old railroad ties. North Greenbush and Center. October. 
Boletus separans, Peck. 
Pileus thick, convex, smooth, shining, sometimes deeply lacunose, brownish- 
lilac; tubes plane or slightly depressed around the stem, at first quite 
closed and attached to the stem, then by the expansion of the pileus usually 
torn from it, small, subrotund, yellow or brownish-yellow; stem solid, nearly 
equal, distinctly reticulated, dull lilac; spores .00055' x .00022'; flesh white, 
unchangeable. 
Plant 3'-4' high, pileus 3’ broad, stem 6-10” thick. 
Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. August. 
In dry weather the separation of the tubes from the stem does 
not always take place. 
Boletus aflinis, Peck. 
Pileus dry, minutely tomentulose, even or slightly rugose, chestnut colored, 
soon fading to tawny or ochraceous, the cuticle sometimes cracking into areas ; 
tubes plane or convex, attached to the stem and sometimes depressed around 
it, at first white and closed, then yellow, small, unequal, angular or subrotund ; 
stem solid, unequal, smooth, rarely reticulated at the top, pallid or tinged 
with dull red; spores .00085' x .00016'; flesh white, unchangeable. 
Plant 2'-3' high, pileus 2'-3' broad, stem 6/—10” thick. 
Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. July. 
Boletus modestus, Peck. 
Pileus firm, often irregular, dry, yellowish-brown; tubes nearly plane, 
attached and subdecurrent, pale ochraceous, angular and compound; stem 
