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Boletus chrysenteron deformatus n. var. 



Pileus small. scarcely more than an inch or an inch and a half 

 broad, verj Irregular, brick red or tawny red; stein very short, 

 often Irregular, ventri< - or tapering downward. 



Bare earth on sloping banks by roadside. Bolton. August. 

 The st. in is but little longer than broad, and the pileus scarcely 

 -s above the surface of the earth. 



Cyclomyces greenii Berk. 

 In 1S72 a single specimen of this rare fungus was found in 

 rling, Cayuga co. A second specimen of it was found in 

 September of the present year near Bolton, Warren co. This 

 specimen is peculiar in having two stems but one pileus. 



Mucronella minutissima conferta n. var. 



Acnlei very numerous, crowded and forming continuous 

 patches. Otherwise as in the typical form. Decaying wood of 

 birch, Betula 1 u t e a. Near Loon lake. July. 



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EDIBLE FUNGI 



Tricholoma russula (Schaeff.) Fr. 



iu:i>l»isir TRICHOLOMA 



PLATE 77. FIQ. 1-.*) 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex becoming nearly plane or some- 

 times concave above by the elevation of tlie margin, viscid when 

 moist, often minutely Bquamulose spotted in the center, slightly 

 Aoccose prninose on the margin when young, pale pink or rosy 

 red, flesh white, taste mild; lamellae thin, moderately close, 

 slightly rounded behind, white usually becoming reddish spotted 

 with age or where wounded; stem Arm, solid, white, often with 

 reddish stains toward the basej spores white, .00025-.0003 of an 

 Inch long, .00016 broad. 



Th.- reddish tricholoma is a pretty mushroom. Its cap with 



Buallj a pale pink or r< i. though the European plant 



onetimes figured with a much brighter color and the typical 



fen,, u described by Schaeffer ;is pale purple. He also describes 



and figures his plant as having the cap finely punctate or dotted, 



