Beport of the Botanist. 53 



Thelephora laciniata Pers. 



Mossy maisliy places. Sandlake. 



StEEEUM C0RRUGATU3I Bej'k. 



On dead saplings. North Greenbush and Knowersville. 

 June. 



Clavaria fusifokmis Sow. 



Utica. A. 8. Johnson. Poughkeepsie. W. R. Gerard. 



Clavaria pistillaris L. 



Pouglikeepsie. Gerard. . 



TULOSTOMA FIMBRIATUM Fr. 



Sandy soil. Center. May. 



Lycoperdois' c^latum Bull. 



Grassy ground. West Albany. June. Edible. 



Lycoperdon giganteum BaiscJi. 



Pastures. Betlileliem and Greenbush. October. Edible. 

 The edible qualities of this magnificent fungus, though highly 

 extolled, have been by no means overestimated. It affords 

 a most palatable and nutritious diet ; it is free from the 

 attacks of insects, grows to a large sizo, and is easily known 

 by its brown surface cracking into rather large angular areas. 

 It should be procured for the table while the tiesh is yet 

 white. It is to be regretted that it is not more common, and 

 it is desirable that efforts should be made to cultivate it. 

 (Plate 1, fig. 1). 



Geaster saccatus Fr. 



On the ground among leaves and woods. Helderberg Mts. 

 June. 



Leocarpus vernicosus Lk. 



Bark of hemlock trunks. Helderberg Mts. June. 



DiDYMIUM cinereum Fr. 



On stems of grass. Center. June. 



Arcyria digitata Schio. 



On dead wood. Greenbush. June. 



Stemoxitis OBLo:isrGA Fr. 



On living stems of bladder nut, Staphylea trifoUa. Hel- 

 derbero; Mts. June. 



