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crowded or almost cespitose. In such cases tlie surface of the ground 

 beneath is often whitened by a profuse development of the mycelium. 



Hebeloma palustre //. sp. 



Pileus fleshy but thin, broadly convex becoming nearly plane with age, 

 sometimes wavy or irregular, glabrous, hygrophanous, grayish brown 

 and slightly striatulate on the margin when moist, paler when dry, flesh 

 whitish ; lamellae close thin ventricose, adnexed, grayish white becom- 

 ing cinnamon brown; stem rather long, equal or tapering upward, 

 hollow, silky, white; spores subelliptic, uninucleate, .0004 to .0005 in. 

 long, .00024 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus I to 1.5 in. broad; stem 2 to 3 in. long, 2 to 4 lines tliick. 

 Mossy ground in swampy woods. Kasoag. October. The pileus is 

 not viscid and there is no evidence of a veil. 



Crepidotus epibryus Fr. 



Mosses, fallen twigs and leaves of coniferous trees. North Elba. 



August. 



Gomphidius furcatus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, rarely somewhat umbonate, 

 glabrous, viscid, whitish, sometimes tinged with red, occasionally with 

 blackish stains when old or becoming blackish where bruised, flesh white; 

 lamellae thick, distant, decurrent, many of them forked, whitish, becom- 

 ing sooty brown ; stem longer than the diameter of the ])ileu=, rather 

 slender, curved or flexuous, firm, solid, whitish ; spores oblong or sub- 

 fusiform, .0006 to .0008 in. long, .00024 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus I to 2 in. broad; stem 1.5 to 3 in. long, 1.5 to 3 lines thick. 



Under or near tamarack trees in swamps. Kasoag. October. 



The species is apparently related to G. viaculatus Cookei Mass., from 

 which it is separated by its more slender habit and forked lamellae. The 

 pileus becomes reddish brown in drying. 



Psilocybe uda Pers. 



In sphagnous marshes. Karner and Kasoag. September and Octo- 

 ber. Variable in color. 



Polyporus hispidellus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, tough, dimidiate, pale cervine or grayish brown, clothed 

 with short stiff" erect hairs, flesh white; pores small, short, subrotund, 

 white, the dissepiments thin, the edges uneven dentate or lacerate; stem 



