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lake), the disk a little darker, margin even; lamellz rather close, 
reaching the stem, some of them forked, venose-connected, white, 
then yellowish, stem equal, solid, colored like the pileus except the 
extremities which are usually white ; spores globose, nearly smooth, 
yyy’ in diameter; flesh of the pileus white, red under the cuticle, 
taste mild. 
Plant 2’ high, pileus 1.5’-2’ broad, stem 3’-6" thick. Dry 
ground in woods. Catskill mountains. July. 
The minute colored granules, which give the pileus a soft prui- 
nose appearance, are easily rubbed off on paper; and water put 
upon the fresh specimens is colored by them. 
RvssvuLa SIMILLIMGR. 2. Sp. 
Pileus hemispherical or convex, then expanded, slightly depressed, 
at first or when moist viscid, the margin at length tuberculate- 
striate, pale ochraceous yellow, the ae usually a little brighter 
colored ; lamella subequal, reaching the stem, some of them forked 
behind, venose-connected, yellowish from the first; stem equal or 
slightly tapering upward, spongy within, rarely hollow, colored 
like the pileus, sometimes a little paler; spores 3;'57’ in diameter ; 
taste acrid. 
Plant 2’-4’ high, pileus 1’—3’ broad, stem 4’—9" thick. Ground 
in woods. Greig. September. 
Allied very closely to &. fetens, from which it differs by the 
absence of any marked odor and the margin not so widely striate. 
I have never seen it ceespitose nor growing in cleared lands. 
Paxiuuus 1nvo.tutus Batsch. 
Ground in woods. Greig and North Elba. August and Sep- 
tember, 
CANTHARELLUS CINEREtS /7. 
Ground in woods and shaded ravines. Albany Rural Cemetery 
and Greig. July, September. The form growing in the latter 
locality is nearly black. 
PLICATURA Ov. gen. 
Hymenophorum descending into the trama. Hymenium con- 
tinuous, pliceform ; folds irregular or wavy, edge obtuse. 
Plants of a firm coriaceous texture, reviving on the application 
of moisture. 
This genus is related, by the obtuse edge of the folds, to Cantha- 
rellus on one hand, and by its texture and continuous hymenium 
to Marasmius on the other. From Xerotus it is separated by the 
irregular character of the folds. The only species at present 
known to me in this genus is the epiphytal species here described, 
