64 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
Hyegrornorvus EsurNEvs Pull. 
Ground in open woods. Bethlehem and North Greenbush. . 
October. 
The whole plant is pure white when fresh, but in drying the 
lamelle assume a cinnamon-brown hue. 
Hycropnortus cossus /7. 
Ground in open woods. North Greenbush and New Scotland. 
October. 
The disk of the pileus is tinged with red or brown and the 
lamelle retain their white color in the dried state. 
HycRopHorvs VIRGATULUS 7. Sp. 
Pileus convex or expanded, viscid when moist, minutely virgate 
with innate blackish fibrils, whitish with a brownish disk; lamelle 
distant, arcuate-decurrent, white; stem solid, viscid, equal or 
tapering downwards, with a few small white floccose scales at the 
top. 
Plant subcespitose, 2-4 high, pileus 1-2’ broad, stem 2’-3” 
thick. 
Ground in open woods. North Greenbush. October. 
The lamelle change color in drying as in 1. ebwrneus. 
HyGRoPHoRUS BOREALIS 2. Sp. 
Pileus thin, convex or expanded, smooth, moist, white, some- 
timesstriatulate; lamelle arcuate-decurrent, distant, white; stem 
smooth, equal or tapering downwards, stuffed, white. 
Plant 2’ high, pileus 8’-12” broad, stem 1” thick. 
Ground in woods. Croghan and Copake. September and 
October. 
The species is related to H. nwveus but the pileus is not viscid. 
Lactarius rEGALIS Peck. 
Pileus convex, deeply depressed in the center, viscid when moist, 
often corrugated on the margin, white tinged with yellow; lamel- 
le close, decurrent, whitish, some of them forked at the base; 
stem stout, short, equal, hollow, smooth ; taste acrid; milk sparse, 
white, quickly changing to sulphur-yellow; spores .0008 in. 
Plant 4-6’ high, pileus 4-6’ broad, stem 1’ thick. 
Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 
This interesting plant rivals Z. piperatus in size and closely 
resembles it in general appearance; but the viscid pileus and 
sparse milk quickly changing to yellow, as in L. chrysorrheus, 
clearly distinguish it. 
