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alutaceous when dry, the disk sometimes darker; lamellz subdis- 
tant, reaching the stem, slightly venose-connected, subcrenulate on 
the edge, white; stem equal, even or finely striate, hollow, smooth 
above, velvety-tomentose toward the base, reddish-brown. 
Plant gregarious, inodorous, 1'—2' high, pileus 6’—9" broad, stem 
5" thick. 
Ground among fallen twigs and leaves. West Point. June. 
Marasmivs umponatus Peck. 
Pileus thin, tough, expanded, umbonate, smooth, even or 
substriate, alutaceous, the margin at first incurved; lamellz nar- 
row, subdistant, reaching the stem, venose-connected, sometimes 
branched toward the outer extremity, white; stem equal, solid, 
velvety-tomentose, tawny below, paler above. 
Plant gregarious, 1'-1.5’ high, pileus 6-9" broad, stem .5” thick. 
Ground under balsam trees. North Elba. July. 
Marasmivs Lancuipus 7. 
Dead stems of herbs. Tyre, Seneca county. September. 
LENTINUS TIGRINUS. /7. 
Decaying wood. Tyre. September. 
Nearly all the specimens found had the lamelle overgrown by a 
dense white mass of parasitic fungoid filaments. 
Lentinus vutpinus 7. 
Prostrate trunks of ash trees. Portville, September. * 
Lentinus HamAtopus Berk. 
Pileus smooth, expanded or centrally depressed, Jobed on the 
margin, pale yellow or cream color; lamell decurrent, often wavy 
near the inner extremity, distinctly toothed on the inner edge, 
white; stem short, firm, eccentric, smooth, dark red or chestnut 
color; spores elliptical, with one or two nuclei, .00025’ long. 
Plant 1’ high, pileus 2’ broad. 
Prostrate trunks of striped maple, Acer Pennsylvanicum. 
Adirondack Mts. July. 
A rare species found but once and then in the deep shades of 
the Adirondack forests. It is readily known by its smooth pileus 
and short red or chestnut-colored stem. Our specimens differ from 
the type in having the pileus lobed and the stem darker colored 
and eccentric. 
