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brown, tinged with purple, becoming paler with age ; lamellse 

 rather close, venose-connected, some of them forked, white, 

 then yellowish ; stipe cylindrical, solid, spongy, whitish or 

 pinkish ; spores yellow. 



Height 3-5', breadth of jDileus 3-5', stipe 6"- 15" thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany. October. 



A large species, with a mild taste. 



2. RUSSULA. IMTIDA Fr. 



Pileus lirm, fleshy, witli a thin snbmembranaceons margin, 

 at first convex, then expanded or depressed, viscid when 

 moist, shining, the margin striate-tubercnlate, color various, 

 generally a dull or sordid purple, the disk darker ; lamella 

 close, subfree, narrowed tow^ard the inner extremity, venose- 

 connected, white, then yellow ; stipe white, stuJQfed, equal or 

 slightly tapering upward. 



Height 2'- 4' breadth of pileus 2'- 3', stipe 4"- 6" thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany. October. 



Taste mild at first, then slightl}^ disagreeable. 



3. EUSSULA FCETEIS'S Fr. 



Pileus fieshy, with a wide thin margin, hemispherical or 

 convex, then expanded or depressed, viscid when moist, widely 

 striate -tuberculate on the margin, dull pale yellow or straw- 

 color ; lamellae rather broad, close, venose-connected, some of 

 them forked, whitish ; stipe nearly cylindrical, whitish, hol- 

 low ; spores white ; plant sometimes csespitose. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 2'- 4', stipe 4"- 8" thick. 



Ground in woods and open places. Common. Sandlake, 

 Albany, etc. July and August. 



Taste acrid, odor strong. When young, the lamellae are 

 studded with drops of moisture. 



Genus — CANTHARELLUS Fr. 



Hymenoj)horuni inferior, confluent with the floccose trama. 



Gills thick, swollen, somewhat branched. Edge obtuse. — 



BerJc. Outl. 



The species of this genus are easily separated from all others 



by the obtuse edge of the narrow, more or less branching or 



anastomosing gills. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Plants terrestrial, stem central a. 



a. Lamellae abundantly anastomosing, stem short 1. 



a. LamelljE irregularly branched or sparingly anastomosing b. 



[Assem. K"o. 133.] 16. 



