42 Report of the State Botanist. 



ances; stem slender, roughened with minute white gland-like 

 protuherances, white; spores oblong or narrowly elliptical, .0003 

 in. long, .000 1 2 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 3 lines broad; stem 6 to 8 lines long. 



Dead stems of great laurel, Rhododendron maximum. Sullivan 

 county. September. 



Omphalia Austini Pk. 

 Austin's Omphalia. 



CReport 28, p. 48.) 



Pileus rather tenacious, convex or hemispherical, glabrous, 

 striate, deeply umblicate, sometimes perforate, moid when mA)i8t, 

 white ; lamellae subarcuate, distant, decurrent, white; stem equal, 

 hollow, even^ glabrous, villose at the base, wliite ; spores elliptical, 

 .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, .5 line thick. 



Decaying wood of spruce. Saratoga, Uamilton, Fulton and 

 Essex counties. July and August. 



Rarely the pileus has a slight smoky or grayish tint. 



Omphalia scyphoides Ir. 



Cup-like Omphalia. 



(Hym. Europ. p. 156. Syl. Fung. vol. V, p. 310.) 



Pileus submembranous, plane and umbilicate or funnel-form, 

 often irregular or somewhat eccentric, even, silky, white ; 

 lamellEe narrow^ close., decurrent, white ; stem short, stuffed, sub- 

 villose, white ; spores elliptical, .00<)24 inches long, .00016 to 

 .0002 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 4 lines broad ; stem 4 to 8 lines long. 



Decaying wood, leaves, etc., Saratoga county. July and 

 August. 



In our specimens there is no villosit\' on the stem except at 

 the base. 



