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which I have separated it because of its smooth and shining (not 

 flocculose and opaque), pileus and its farinaceous taste. It was 

 discovered in 1884, growing, in company with Entoloma rhodopolium 

 in such a way that it was taken to be a variety of it, and it was 

 referred to that species under the name var. umhilicatum. This 

 year it was found plentifully in the same locality, but entirely 

 unaccompanied by E. rhodopolium. A more careful study of it 

 leads me to the conclusion that it is a distinct species. 



HEBELOMA GLUTINOSUM, Lind. 



Among fallen leaves and on half buried deca^dng wood, in thin 

 woods. Conklingville. September. 



In wet weather the gluten is sufficiently copious to drip from the 

 pileus. 



CORTINARIUS SUBFERRUGINEUS, Fr. 



Thin woods. Conklingville. September. 



POLYPORUS DRYOPHILUS, Fr. 



At the base of oak trees. Conklingville. July. 



POLYPORUS SINUOSUS, Fr. 



Decaying wood of maple, Acer saccharinum. Forestburgh, 

 Sullivan county. September. The species is remarkable for and 

 easily known by its sweet and agreeable fragrance, which has been 

 likened to that of licorice. 



POLYPORUS RADICULOSUS, N. sp. 



Resupinate, effused, thin, soft, tender, orange-yellow, the 

 myceltmi creeping in and over the wood, silky-tomentose, at first 

 white, then yellow, forming numerous yellow branching root-like 

 strings or ribs which are more or less connected by a soft, silky 

 tomentiun; pores rather large, angular, at first shallow, sunk in 

 the mycelitmi, the dissepiments becoming more elevated, thin and 

 fragile; spores elliptical, .0002 to .00025 inch long, .00012 to .00016 

 broad. 



Half buried chips of poplar. Populus tremuloides. Gansevoort. 

 September. 



The species is allied to P. Vaillaiitii, in its peculiar rhizomor- 

 phoid strings of mycelium, but from this it differs decidedly in its 

 color and texture. In these respects it approaches P. bomhycinus, 

 of which it may possibly be a peculiar variety. It is very 



