Annual Report of the State Botanist. 71 



"Pileus brown, convex, smooth, hygrophanous, often 

 shaded into ochre at margin, veil delicate, silk-like, encir- 

 cling and covering the marginal extremities of the lamellae 

 but forming no ring on the stem, flesh white, turning umber 

 when cut; lamellae adnexed or nearly free, close, forked, 

 umber; stems caespitose, regular, hollow, silky, white, two 

 to three inches long; spores brown, .00016 x .0002 inch." 



Hypholoma perplexum Pk. Baltimore Plate 70 



This is probably a mere variety of H. sublateritium Schaeff, 



Hypholoma f asciculare Huds. Baltimore Plate 71 



Coprinus virgineus n. sp. Maryland Plate 160 



" Pileus ovate, campanulate or cylindrical, pale ochre, the 

 margin thin, torn, floccose ; lamellae narrow, close, forked, at 

 first white, turning dark 'but never black, adnexed; stem 

 three and a half inches long, stout, somewhat stuffed, atten- 

 uated where it meets the pileus, flattened, floccose; spores 

 black. 



" Caespitose or gregarious at the roots of trees or about old 

 stumps. Also tound in Virginia. 



" The plant is not rapidly deliquescent, remaining perfect 

 for some hours." * 



Coprinus atramentarius Bull. Druid Hill Park Plate 71 



Coprinus comatus Fr. Baltimore . ". Plate 74 



Coprinus micaceus Fr. Baltimore county^ / Plate 75 



Coprinus plicatilis Fr. Western Maryland Plate 161 



Paxillus panuoides F7'. Maryland Plate 76 



Plate 77 



" The two plants figufed are the same in character though 

 • they differ in color and shape. Both were found on barrel 

 hoops in the same cellar." 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus Fr. Baltimore Plate 78 



Lactarius alpinus Pk. Western Maryland Plate 79 



Lactarius uvidus Fr. Eastern and Western Maryland. . . Plate 80 

 Lactarius insulsus Fr. " " " " ... Plate 81 



Lactarius Indigo Schw. Baltimore county Plate 82 



Lactarius piperatus Fr. Common Plate 83 



Lactarius volemus Fr. Baltimore Plate 84 



Plate 85 



"This plant was plentiful in July, 1877, and uniformly slen- 

 der, as represented in plate 84. In 1878 it was also plentiful 

 but large, as shown in plate 85. * * This plant is edible 

 and makes an agreeable dish in the culinary department. 

 I tried it stewed in beef gravy which it greatly improved in 

 flavor. When eaten raw it is pleasant to the taste. Both 

 the flesh and the milk turn brown upon exposure to the air." 



