Report of the State Botanist. 35 



hollow, minutely squamulose or furfuraceoiis, easily splitting, 

 often curved, whitish ; spores subglobose, .00016 to .0002 in. in 

 diameter. 



Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad ; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, 1 to 2 lines 

 thick. 



Prostrate trunks of hemlock in woods. Adirondack moun- 

 tains. August. 



The dark colored umbilicus is a noticeable feature. TLe plant 

 has not been found since its discovery in 1869. The species is 

 evidently rare. It is apparently closely related to Gollyhia 

 ahundans, from which it is distinguished by its more decided 

 darker umbilicus and squamulose pileus. 



Omphalia olivaria Pk. 



Oi.ivE-GREEN Omphalia. 



(Report 25, p. 76.) 



Pileus convex, umbilicate, glabrous, olive-green ; lamellae sub- 

 distant, arcuate-decurrent, i^ale-yelloiD ; stem equal, short, glab- 

 rous, hollow, colored like the pileus; spores subglpbose or 

 broadly elliptical, .00025 to .00028 in. long, about .0002 in. broad. 



Pileus about 1 in. broad ; stem about 1 in. long, 1 line thick. 

 Bui'ut ground under balsam tir trees. North p]lba, Essex 

 county. July. 



This plant was discovered in 1^71. It lias nijt .since been 



found. 



Omphalia chrysophylla Fr. 



(jol.DEX-LEAVED OmHHALIA. 

 (Hym. Europ. p. 156. Syl. Fung. Vol. V, p. 312.) 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, flocculose, umbilicate, hygro- 

 phanous, yellowish-brown when moist, paler when dry, the spread- 

 ing margin sometimes reflexed; lamella^ broad, distinct, distant, 

 strongly decurrent, hriyht-yellow ; stem equal, tough, hollow, 

 sometimes curved, even, glabrous, villous at the base, yelhnv ; 

 spores oblong-elli])tical, .0004 to .<iO045 in. long, .00016 to .(»<m»2 

 broad. 



Pileus about 1 in. l)roa(l ; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, 1 t<» 2 lines 

 thick. 



Decaying wood ol' coniferous trees. Adirondack mountains, 

 Schoharie and Rensselaer counties. August ami September. 



