42 Report of the State Botanist. 



ances; stem slender, roughened with minute white gland-lihe 

 protuberances, white ; spores oblong or narrowly elliptical, .0003 

 in. long, .00012 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 3 lines broad; stem 6 to 8 lines long. 



Dead stems of great laurel, Rhododendron maxiinuTn. Sullivan 

 county. September. 



Omplialia Austin! Pk. 



Austin's Omphalia. 



(Report 28, p. 48.) 



Pileus rather tenacious, convex or hemispherical, glabrous, 

 striate, deeply umblicate, sometimes perforate, vicid when moist, 

 white ; lamellae subarcuate, distant, decurrent, white; stem equal, 

 hollow, even, glabrous, villose at the base, white ; spores elliptical, 

 .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, .5 line thick. 



Decaying wood of spruce. Saratoga, Hamilton, Fulton and 

 Essex counties. July and August. 



Rarely the pileus has a slight smoky or grayish tint. 



Omphalia scyphoides I^r. 

 Cup-like Omphalia. 



(Hym. Europ. p. 156. Syl. Fung. vol. V, p. 310.) 



Pileus submembranous, plane and umbilicate or funnel-form , 

 often irregular or somewhat eccentric, even, silky, white ; 

 lamellae narrow, close, decurrent, white ; stem short, stuffed, sub- 

 villose, white ; spores elliptical, .00024 inches long, .00016 to 

 .0002 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 4 lines broad ; stem 4 to 8. lines long. 



Decaying wood, leaves, etc., Saratoga county. July and 

 August. 



In our specimens there is no villosity on the stem except at 

 the base. 



