REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 53 
THELEPHORA LACINIATA Pers. 
Mossy marshy places. Sandlake. 
STEREUM CORRUGATUM Berk. 
On dead saplings. North Greenbush and Knowersville. 
June. 
CLAVARIA FUSIFORMIS Sow. 
Utica. A. S. Johnson. Poughkeepsie. W. &. Gerard. 
CLAVARIA PISTILLARIS L. 
Poughkeepsie. Gerard. 
TULOSTOMA FIMBRIATUM FA’, 
Sandy soil. Center. May. 
LYCOPERDON CAHLATUM Bull. 
Grassy ground. West Albany. June. Edible. 
LYCOPERDON GIGANTEUM Batsch. 
Pastures. Bethlehem and Greenbush. October. Edible. 
The edible qualities of this magnificent fungus, though highly 
extolled, have been by no means overestimated. It affords 
a most palatable and nutritious diet; it is free from the 
attacks of insects, grows to a large size, and is easily known 
by its brown surface cracking into rather large angular areas. 
It should be procured for the table while the flesh is yet 
white. It is to be regretted that it is not more common, and 
it is desirable that efforts should be made to cultivate it. 
(Plate 1, fig. 1). 
GEASTER SACCATUS FY. 
On the ground among leaves and woods. Helderberg Mts. 
June. 
LEOcARPUS VERNICOsUS Li. 
Bark of hemlock trunks. Helderberg Mts. June. 
DIDYMIUM CINEREUM AY. 
On stems of grass. Center. June. 
ARCYRIA DIGITATA Schw. 
On dead wood. Greenbush. June. 
STEMONITIS OBLONGA FY. 
On living stems of bladder nut, Staphylea trifolia. Hel- 
derberg Mts. June. 
