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differs in habitat, color and the prominent mycelial strands. 

 In this last character it bears some resemblance to 

 P. vaillantii (DC.) Fr. 



Hydnum umbilicatum n. sp. 



PLATE K, FIG. 14-18 



Pileus fleshy, convex, glabrous, umbilicate, reddish buff or 

 burnt sienna color, flesh white, taste mild; aculei plane in the 

 mass, fragile, nearly equal, a little paler than the pileus; 

 stem nearly equal, glabrous, solid, whitish; spores globose, 

 .0003-.0004 of an inch in diameter. 



Pileus 6-18 lines broad; stem 1-1.5 inches long, 2-4 lines 

 thick. Among fallen leaves in woods. Hague. September. 



This species is related toH. repandum and H. rufe- 

 seens, from both of which it is easily separated by its small 

 but usually deep and distinct umbilicus. Sometimes a definite 

 line separates the paler margin from the more highly colored 

 center of the pileus. In the last report it was mentioned as a 

 form ofH.rufescens. 



Thelephora multipartita Schw. 

 Grassy ground under trees. Bolton. August. This species 

 is variable in size, in the number of divisions of the pileus and 

 consequently in its general appearance. It is related to T . 

 anthocephala and T . c a r y o p h y 1 1 e a , but the upper 

 surface of the pileus or of its component parts is usually paler 

 than in these species. 



Thelephora exigua n. sp. 



Pileus very thin, submembranaceous, tubaeform or infundi- 

 buliform, faintly radiately fibrous striate, slightly lacerate on 

 the margin, pale alutaceous; hymenium even or faintly striate, 

 pruinosely pubescent, pallid; stem slender, solid, pruinosely 

 pubescent, brownish; spores .elliptic, .00016 of an inch long, 

 about half as broad, 



Pileus 1.5-3 lines broad; stem 2-3 lines long. Vegetable 

 mold. Westport, Essex co. October. 



