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Lacrarius Grrarpi Peck. 
Pileus expanded or centrally depressed, dry, rugose-wrinkled, 
often with a minute umbo or papilla, sooty-brown, the thin spread- 
ing margin sometimes wavy or irregular ; lamellz broad, distant, 
decurrent, white, the interspaces uneven; stem equal, solid, 
colored like the pileus; flesh and spores white; taste mild; milk 
white, unchangeable. 
Plant 3-5 high, pileus 2-4’ broad, stem 4’—6" thick. 
Ground in woods and groves. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. Albany 
and Croghan. September. 
In the color of the pileus and stem this species is like the large 
form of LZ. fuliginosus, but its real relationship is with Z. distans, 
from which it is separated by its color and its longer equal stem, 
characters which may prove to be only varietal. 
Russua sorpipa Peck. 
Pileus firm, convex, centrally depressed, dry, sordid white, 
sometimes clouded with brown; lamelle close, white, some of 
them forked; stem equal, solid, concolorous; spores globose, 
.0003 in.; taste acrid; flesh changing color when wounded, 
becoming black or bluish-black. 
Plant 4—5’ high, pilens 35’ broad, stem 6’~12” thick. 
Ground under hemlock trees. Worcester. July. 
It resembles Z. piperatus in general appearance. The whole 
plant turns black in drying. 
RvussvuLA CONSOBRINA /7, 
Ground in open woods. Davenport, Delaware county. Wor- 
cester. 
Our specimens are very variable in color, but the prevailing 
hues are green, olivaceous and purple. 
NyYcTALIS ASTEROPHORA /7, 
Decaying fungi. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. Mr. G. remarks that 
thus far this plant has appeared each alternate season. 
Marasmivs Viticota B. & C. 
Fallen branches. Worcester. July. 
This plant is not limited to grape vines in its habitat. 
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Marasmivus casprrosus Peck. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, even, brown with a lilac tint, the thin 
margin exceeding the lamellee ; lamellee close, free, somewhat united 
with each other at the stem, narrowed outwardly, white; stem 
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