PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 199 



Omphalia umbellifera L. 



Heathy ground and decaying wood. Common and variable in color. 

 It ascends to the top of Mt Mclntyre. 



Omphalia Campanella Batsch 

 Decaying wood and prostrate trunks of coniferous trees. Very 

 common. May to November. 



Omphalia Fibula Bull. 

 Mossy ground and prostrate trunks in woods and clearings. Common. 



Omphalia Swartzii Pers. 

 Similar to the last in habitat and size, but distinct in color. The 

 pileus is pale or whitish with a brown center and the stem is brown or 

 violaceous at the top, whitish below. 



Omphalia clavata Pk. 



Prostrate trunks of arbor vitae. Raybrook. August. 



Pleurotus sapidus Kalchb. 

 Sapid pleurotus 

 Dead wood of standing or prostrate trunks of trees. Edible. 



Pleurotus ostreatus {Jacq ) Fr. 



Oyster mushroom 



Habitat and general appearance much like the last, from which it is 

 separable by its sessile or nearly sessile pileus and white spores. Edible 

 when young, but scon tough and not first quality. . 



Pleurotus mitis {Pers) Fr. 

 Dead wood of balsam fir. Near road to Epps farm. September. 



Pleurotus petaloides {Bull,) Fr. 



Decaying wood. Wood farm. August. Pleurotus serotinus Schrad. 

 Is common in some parts of the Adirondacks and probably occurs in 

 North Elba, but it usually appears late in the season. 



Hygrophorus eburneus {Bull) Fr. 

 Among fallen leaves in woods. Near the road to Epps farm. 

 September. 



