108 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



149. V. bombyeiiia Schaefi.— bo mbyx, silk. On three living trees in Pitts- 



ford ; edible, not common. A large and very conspicuous object 

 with immense white pileus and pink gills and long silky white hairs 

 on the pileus, making it look not unlike a Tarn O'Shanter cap. 



Pluteus Fr. 



Plutcns, a shed (from the conical shape of the pileus). 



150. Pluteus cervinus Schaeff. — ccrvus, a deer, from the color. Stumps in 



woods and old sawdust piles, Pittsford, edible. 



151. P. granulans Pk. — sprinkled with grains. Rochester, edible. 



152. P. adniirabilis Pk. Rochester, edible. 



Entoloma Fr. 



Gr. — within; Gr. — a fringe. 

 Probably referring to the innate character of the pseudo-veil. 



153. Entoloma grande Pk. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



154. E. sinuatum Fr. — waved. Pittsford, poisonous. 



Clitopilus Fr. 



Gr. — a declivity; Gr. — a cap. 



155. Clitopilus prunullus Scop. (Pk. 1895). — primus, plum. Rochester, 



Pittsford, Mendon, edible. 



156. C. orcella Bull. (Pk. 1895). Woods, Pittsford, edible. 



157. C. noTcboracensis Pk. — New York Clitopilus. Woods, Pittsford, 



edible. 



158. C. noTCboracensis var. tomentosipes Pk. — hairy stemmed. Pittsford, 



edible. 



159. C. eaespitosus Pk. — tufted. Rochester, edible. 



Claudopus Smith. 



Claiidus, lame; pons, a foot. 



160. Claudopus nidulans Vtr?,.— nidus, a nest. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



Series III. — Ochrospor.k. Spores brown. 

 Pholiota Fr. 



Gr. — a scale. 



161. Pholiota praecox Pers. (Pk. 1895). — early. Fields, lawns, roadsides. 



Rochester, Pittsford, edible. 



162. P. squarrosa Mull. (Pk. 1901). — squarrosus, scurfy. On logs, Pitts- 



ford, edible. 



