28 Report of the State Botanist. 



Hygrophorus metapodius Pr. 

 Woods. Shokan. September. Our specimens were not at all vis- 

 cid, nor did wounds of the flesh and lamellae turn red, but in other 

 respects they correspond so well to the figure and description 

 of this species that we dare not separate them. 



Russula adusta Fr. 



Sandy soil in pine woods. Delmar. September. 



Closely allied to R. nigricans^ but differing in its thinner, closer 

 and more decurrent lamellae, which do not assume a reddish color 

 where wounded. The specimens are commonly smaller than 

 either R. nigrica7is or R. sordida, and they are less disposed to 

 turn black in drying. 



Merulius Corium Fr. 



Decorticated wood of deciduous trees. Boiceville, Ulster 

 county. September. 



In our specimens the plants are wholly resupinate, slightly 

 reflexed, or they have a well developed pileus. In this case the 

 pileus is villous, concentrically sulcate and white. The hyme- 

 nium also is somewhat concentrically sulcate. European authors 

 do not agree in their descriptions of the size and shape of the 

 spores of this species. In our specimens they are oblong or 

 lanceolate, .0003 in. long, .00012 broad. 



Merulius serpens Tode. 

 Decaying wood and branches. Lake Pleasant. August. 



Odontia lateritia B. ch C. 



Interior of prostrate much-decayed trunks of deciduous trees, 

 apparently birch, chestnut and oak. Fulton Chain. August. 

 Shokan. September. 



Under their description of this species, Berkeley and Curtis 

 remark that Phlehia hydnoideu Schweinitz is apparently the same 

 thing. So' far as our specimens are concerned Schweinitz's 

 description is far more complete and satisfactory than that of 

 Berkely and Curtis, although the fungus is more closely allied to 

 Odontia than to Phlebia. It forms extensive patches, creeping over 

 the surface and following the inequalities of the wood. Although 

 the substance is quite thick it is not separable from the matrix. 



