REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I909 35 



Laportea canadensis L. 



There are two forms of this nettle. One is common in moist 

 or wet places. It has a slender stem, thin leaves on long slender 

 petioles and usually bears a terminal cluster of pistillate flowers 

 only. 



The other is rare, grows in dry soil or' upland either in woods or 

 open places, has a stouter stem, thicker leaves on shorter petioles 

 and frequently bears staminate flowers in the axils of most of the 

 leaves, either with or without a terminal cluster of pistillate flowers. 

 This form was found by the roadside at Fine and in woods near 

 Castorland, Lewis co. 



Listera australis Lindl. 

 A single plant was found in a large swamp near Fine. August. 



Marasmius oreades Fr. 



A variety with the pileus white or whitish occurs in grassy 

 ground at Rossie. September. 



Omphalia rugosodisca levidisca n. var. 

 Decaying wood. Fine. Argust. This differs from the typical 

 form only in having the center of the pileus even. 

 Pileus in centro levis. 



Peridermium consimile A. & K. 



Leaves of black spruce, Picea mariana (Mill.) B. S. P. 

 Fine. August. 



Polyporus giganteus (Pers.) Fr. 



About old stumps in woods. Fine. August. This species forms 

 large clusters of pilei which are at first whitish or pale grayish 

 brown, but they become brown or blackish brown in age or in 

 drying. I'he minute white pores when fresh assume a blackish 

 color where bruised and sometimes become black in drying. 



Prunus pumila L. 



Pulaski, Oswego co. August. C. E. Jones. The plants growing 

 in sandy soil northwest of Alban}^ and formerly referred to 

 Prunus pumila are now referred to Prunus c u n e a t a 



