78 Peck : New species of fungi 



Lactarius Sumstinei 



Pileus rather thin, dry, glabrous, even or slightly and radiately 

 rugulose, centrally depressed, the margin spreading or decurved, 

 grayish or pale smoky-brown, flesh whitish, milk whitish, un- 

 changeable, taste acrid ; lamellae thin, distant, unequal, decurrent, 

 creamy-yellow ; stem nearly equal, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, 

 colored like the pileus; spores globose, echinulate, yellowish, 

 7.5-10 [Ji broad. 



Pileus 2.5-7.5 c^' broad; stem 2.5-5 ^"^- long, 6-12 mm. 

 thick. 



Grassy places in open woods. Kittanning, Pa. August D. 



R. Sumstine. Related to 



full 



L. Gcrardii and Z, lignyotiis. It may be separated from the first 

 by its unchangeable milk and its more distant lamellae and from 

 the others by its acrid taste. 



Marasmius Sutliffae 



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Pileus thin, tough, subcampanulate or convex, glabrous, shining 

 when moist, reddish-brown, often darker in the center, taste bitter ; 

 lamellae broad, moderately close, subventricose," adnexed, white, 

 often with a slight pinkish tint, interspaces venose ; stem slender, 

 cartilaginous, hollow, glabrous or slightly pruiriose, palHd, with a 

 whitish tomentum at the base ; spores white, elliptic, 8-10 /j long, 

 5-6 IX broad, often containing a shining nucleus. 



Pileus 1-2 cm. broad; stem 2.5-4 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick. 



On lawns in shaded places. Sacramento, California. October 

 and November. Miss M. L. Sutliff. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this interesting species to its dis- 

 coverer. She writes that in her trial of its edible qualities she 

 found that cooking seemed to intensify its bitter flavor and make 

 it rival that of quinine. % ^ 



Panus meruliiceps 



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Pileus tough, firm, compact, convex, glabrous, reticulated with 

 elevated anastomosing ridges, involute on the margin, pale brick- 

 red becoming tinged with yellow in the center, flesh white, 1-1.5 

 cm. thick; lamellae narrow, close, adnate or shghtly decurrent 

 with a tooth, slightly connected at the base, whitish ; stem eccen- 

 tric, curved, solid, fibrous, glabrous, grooved, white ; spores sub- 

 globose or broadly elliptic, pinkish-tinged, 7 // long, 6 fx broad. 



Pileus 2.5-4 cm. broad; stem 2.5-4 cm. long, 8 

 Trunks of elm trees, #t. Louis' Mo. N. M 



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