REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I909 37 



of Paine's Catalogue. In the Beck herbariuin there are specimens 

 credited to Albany. 



Thalictrum confine Fern. 



Rossie. June. Specimens collected near Port Henry and re- 

 ferred to Thalictrum p u .r p u r a s c e n s L. belong here. 



Thalictrum revolutum DC. 



This name is used in the Nczv Alainial to designate the plant 

 formerly referred to Thalictrum purpurascens ceri- 

 f e r u m Aust. and the glandular leaved form of Thalictrum 

 purpurascens L. 



Viola sororia Willd. 

 A white or whitish flowered form of this species was found near 

 Rochester in May by Miss F. Beckwith and specimens were con- 

 tributed by her to the herbarium. 



EDIBLE FUNGI 



Clitocybe multiceps Pk. 



MANY CAP CLITOCYBE 



PLATE 117, FIG. 7-9 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, slightly moist in wet weather, whitish, 

 grayish or yellowish gray, flesh white, taste mild ; lamellae close, 

 adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish ; stems densely cespitose, equal 

 or slightly thickened at the base, solid or stuffed, firm, slightly 

 pruinose at the top, whitish ; spores globose, .0002-0003 of an inch 

 in diameter (5-8 ,'j-). 



The many cap clitocybe is quite constantly tufted in its mode 

 of growth. The tufts may be composed of two or three or many 

 individuals. When there are many individuals in a tuft the caps 

 are generally irregular because closely crowded against each other 

 in their growth. The surface is smooth but sometimes slightly 

 silky and brownish in the center. The color is whitish, grayish 

 or yellowish gray, but the flesh is pure white. The gills are white, 

 closely placed, with intervening short ones, the longest ones reach- 

 ing the stem and broadly connecting with it or slightly decurrent 

 on it. The stems are stout, nearly equal in diameter in every part, 



