REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9II 93 



Laccaria striatula (Pk.) 



STRIATULATE LACCARIA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 48, p.176, pl.25, fig.14-18 



Pileus very thin, submembranaceous, convex or nearly plane, 

 glabrous, hygrophanous, buff red and striatulate when moist, grayish 

 or pale buff when dry ; lamellae broad, distant, adnate, pale flesh 

 color ; stem slender, equal, fibrous, hollow, colored like the pileus ; 

 spores globose or subglobose, verruculose, 11-13 fi in diameter. 



Pileus 12-20 mm broad; stem 1.5-3 cm long, 1-2 mm thick. 



Gregarious. In wet or damp places. Albany, Ulster and Warren 

 counties. Not common. June to September. 



This was formerly considered a mere variety of Laccaria 

 laccata (Scop.) B. & Br., but its thinner glabrous striatulate 

 pileus, which is usually convex, its smaller size, more slender hollow 

 stem and specially its larger spores lead me to consider it a distinct 

 species. 



Laccaria tortilis (Bolt.) B. & Br. 



TWISTED LACCARIA 

 Sylloge V, p. 198 



Pileus membranaceous, convex plane or centrally depressed, 

 deflexed and sometimes torn on the margin, obscurely striate, irregu- 

 lar, subferruginous ; lamellae thick, subdistant, adnate, flesh color ; 

 stem short, equal or slightly thickened at the base, stuffed or hollow, 

 twisted, fragile, colored like the pileus ; spores globose, echinulate, 

 12-16 /x in diameter. 



Pileus 5-10 cm broad; stem 8-12 mm long, .5-1 mm thick. 



Closely gregarious or cespitose. Damp places in woods or by 

 roadsides. Rensselaer and New York counties. August. Rare. 



This is the smallest of our species. It is easily recognized by its 

 small size and irregular shape. Its spores are larger and more 

 sharply verruculose than in the preceding species. Var. gracilis 

 Pk. has a more regular pileus, a longer stem and a less ce-pitose 

 mode of growth. 



