54 Report of the State Botanist. 



patches of this variety were found near Shokan. The plants 

 "were growing on the ground under hemlock trees, Tsuga Cana- 

 densis^ and were generally c^espitose. There were scores of these 

 tufts and in all, the plants had bulbous stems. Ihis is the direct 

 counterpart to var. radicaia, in which the stem ends below in a 

 long root-like point which penetrates the earth deeply, and 

 resembles the tap-root of CoUyhia radicata. Varieties hscura 

 flava and glahra of Gillet all occur in our State, and to these may 

 be added also var. albida Pk. in which the pileus is white or 

 whitish. I have also received f r< )m I )r. Taylor of "Washington, 

 D. C, and from Dr. Jelliffe of Brooklyn, a densely cgespitose, 

 slender-stemmed form with no annulus, it being evanescent or 

 entirely wanting This I call var. ex.annulata. It is scarcely 

 distinguishable from Clitocybe aquatica Banning, and Clitocyhe 

 mona<ldpha Morg., which, I suspect, will yet have to be referred 

 to this S[)ecies. According to Quelet, Clit'^cyhe socialis DC, and 

 Agaricus gymvojji'dius Bull, also probabl}'^ belong here. 



The abortive form often associated with A. taellea and in no 

 w.iy distinguishable from the abortive form of Clitopilus 

 ahortivus, has a farinaceous taste, but this is lost in cooking. 

 When cooked and properly seasoned this abortive form is quite 

 as well-flavored and as good to eat as the normal form. 



Armillaria viscidipes Pk. 



This fine large species was found near Shokan, growing on the 

 banks of a stream The stem sometimes penetrates the earth 

 quite deeply and the annulus at first conceals the lamellae. 



Tricholoma terreum Schcef. 



Var. atrosquamosui/i (T. atrosquamosum C/tev.), occurs near 

 Sh kan. 



Tricholoina fumescens Pk. 



Fine specimens of this rare species were found near Shokan. 

 The plants sometimes attain a size considerably larger than the 

 dimensions of the typical form, the pileus being even two or 

 three inches broad and the stem six lines thick. The taste is 

 at first farinaceous, then sweetish. The lamellae in the dried 

 specimens are almost as black as in mature Agaricus camjpester. 



