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Cantharellus brevipes, 7. sp. (Plate 1. figs. 18-20.) ileus fleshy, 
obconic, glabrous, alutaceous or dingy cream-color, the thin margin 
erect, often irregular and lobed, tinged with lilac in the young plant ; 
folds numerous, nearly straight on the margin, abundantly anastomos- 
ing below, pale umber tinged with lilac; stem short, tomentose-pubes- 
cent, cinereus, solid, often tapering downward ; spores yellowish, ob- 
long-elliptical, uninucleate, .0004 in. to .0005 in. long, .0002 in. broad. 
Plant 3 in. to 4 in. high, pileus 2 in. to 3 in. broad, stem 4 lines to 6 
lines thick. Woods. Ballston, Saratoga county. July. This interesting 
species is related to the C. floccosus, both by its short stem and its 
abundantly anastomosing folds. The two species should be separated 
from the others and constitute a distinct section. The flesh in C. brevi- 
pes is soft and whitish and the folds are generally thinner than in C. 
floccosus. 
Panus levis, B. d C. Oak stumps. Wading River. Sept. The 
margin of the pileus is sometimes marked by small, oblique elevations 
or ridges which unite inwardly and thus form, with the edge of 
the pileus, small triangular spaces. Sometimes the two elevated lines 
which form the sides of a triangle divide near the margin and thus 
form two very small additional triangles. The pure white color and 
regular, even pileus make this a very pretty species The color, how. 
ever, becomes slightly tinged with yellow in drying. 
Panus dealbatus, Berk. Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Verona 
Aug. 
Boletus Frostii, Russell. Thin woods. Wading River and River- 
head. Sept. The spores in our specimens are longer than required by 
the description, but in other respects the specimens agree with the 
published characters of the species. 
Polyporus (Anodermei) hispidoides, 7. sp. Pileus 4in. to 8 in. 
broad, about half an inch thick, sessile, rarely narrowed behind or be- 
low into a short, stem-like base, soft, spongy, fleshy-fibrous, tomentose, 
not at all or very obscurely zonate, ferruginous-brown, becoming 
darker with age, yellow on the margin when young; pores small, ir- 
regular, subrotund, angular or fleuxous, greenish-yellow, becoming 
brown when bruised or old. the thin dissepiments externally villous ; 
spores subglobose or broadly elliptical, about .0002 in. long. Base of 
spruce or pine trees. Albany, Burnt hills and Adirondack mountains. 
July and Aug. This fungus is closely related to P. hispidus, and 
may yet prove to bea mere variety of it. That species is described as 
compact, and having minute rotund pores. It is also said to grow on 
the trunks of frondose trees, and to have a thick pileus, none of which 
characters are applicable to our plant. It occurs only, so far as I have 
seen, on trunks of spruce and pine, its pileus is rarely more than half 
an inch thick, its substance is soft, even when dry, and the pores are 
angular. ‘The thin dissepiments become more or less lacerated when 
old, and often retain a yellowish’color when dried. The pileus is very 
similar in color to Lensites sepiaria. 
Polyporus benzoinus, Wallr. Decaying stumpsand trunks of hem- 
lock trees. Brewerton and Helderberg mountains. Sept. This 
closely resembles P. resinosus which occurs on trunks of frondose 
trees. 
