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near Wading River in which the prominent distinguishing charac- 

 ters of the species were so well expressed that the identity of the 

 species could be easily recognized. The thin, narrow and very 

 crowded lamellae and the thin and flexible pileus were satisfactorily 

 shown. 



Lobelia dortmanna L. 

 In Gray's Manual the water lobelia is described as being 5-12 

 inches high ; in Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora, 6-18 inches. 

 Specimens of this plant were collected in Friends lake that are 

 30-35 inches tall. They grew in deep water which is evidently one 

 factor in determining the length of the stem, 



Lycoperdon pedicellatum Pk. 

 On account of the permanently pedicellate spores of this very 

 distinct pufifball the species has been transferred from the genus 

 Lycoperdon to Bovistella and bears the name B o v i s t e 1 1 a 

 pedicellatum ( Pk.) Lloyd. 



Panus fulvidus Bres. 

 So far as can be ascertained from the descriptions of this species 

 of mushroom and L e n 1 i n u s s u^ 1 c a t u s Berk, they are specific- 

 ally the same. The uneven or denticulate edge of the lamellae of 

 L. sulcatus is not mentioned in the description of P . fulvi- 

 dus, but in the other characters there appears to be complete 

 agreement. The specimens which in State Museum bulletin 105, 

 page 26 are referred to P. fulvidus have the eroded or den- 

 ticulate edge of the lamellae ascribed to Lentinus sulcatus 

 and as this species antedates Panus fulvidus our specimens 

 should take the name Lentinus sulcatus Berk. This species 

 was founded on specimens collected in Ohio. 



Paxillus panuoides Fr. 

 A singular form of this species was found at Glens Falls by Dr 

 H. von Schrenk growing on pulp paper that had been stored for a 

 considerable time in an inclosure where there was not much light. 

 Both habitat and place were unusual and evidently had a modifying 

 influence on the character of the specimens. Some of them were 

 4 inches long, including the narrowed stemlike base, and 2 or 3 

 inches broad. They were nearly white when fresh but in drying 

 they gradually assumed a yellowish tint aooroaching the normal 



