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Thin soil covering rocks. Summit of Haystack Mt., at an 
altitude of about 5,000 ft. Aug. 
Only three specimens were found. I have seen no other 
Lactarius on the high summits of the Adirondacks. 
MARASMIUS MINUTUS 2. Sp. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, glabrous, striate-sulcate, 
reddish-brown ; lamelle distant, subvenose, unequal, some- 
times branched, white; stem capillary, smooth, shining, 
blackish-brown. 
Plant scarcely 1’ high, pileus 1-2” broad. 
Fallen leaves in woods and swamps. Catskill Mts. and 
Sandlake. July. 
This is a very small species, easily overlooked. The color 
of the pileus approaches a vinous red. 
MARASMIUS MINUTISSIMUS 72. Sp. 
Very minute; pileus convex or expanded, pubescent, 
white, sometimes nodding ; lamelle few, vein-like, scarcely 
extending to the margin of the pileus; stem capillary, 
smooth or slightly hairy, blackish-brown, pellucid-white at 
the top. 
_ Plant 1’-3” high, the pileus scarcely. broader than the 
head of a pin. 
Fallen leaves in woods. Forestburgh. Sept. (Plate 2, 
figs. 27 and 28). 
This is the smallest species known to me. It is remark- 
able for the pubescence of the pileus. In damp weather the 
plant appears as if glandular-pubescent, minute drops of 
moisture tipping the hairs. When young the stem is some- 
times white nearly or quite to the base. The lamelle are 
reduced to three or four vein-like elevations. 
PANUS OPERCULATUS B. & C. 
Dead branches of alders. Adirondack Mts. Aug. 
PoOLYPORUS CUPULEFORMIS. B.C. 
Dead branches. Poughkeepsie. W. 2. Gerard. 
PoLYPORUS sQUAMOSUS £7. 
Trunk of an elm tree. Albany. May. 
POLYPORUS SPUMEUS F7. 
Decaying trunks of trees. Adirondack Mts. Aug. 
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