REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9II 9! 



Solitary or sparsely gregarious. Sandy soil. Suffolk, Nassau. 

 Madison and Albany counties. September and October. 



The author of this species placed it in Clitocybe with the remark 

 that it is related to Agaric us laccatus Scop, and A . 

 ochropurpureus Berk. The fresh mycelium is violet col- 

 ored. The specific name apparently has reference to the mass of soil 

 adhering to the base of the stem which in consequence appears as if 

 it had been plastered over with sand. 



Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Pk. 



PURPLISH OCHER LACCARIA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 116, p.41, pl.io6, fig.7-11 



Pileus fleshy, .firm, subhemispheric or convex with decurved mar- 

 gin becoming plane or slightly centrally depressed, hygrophanous, 

 purplish brown when moist, grayish or pale alutaceous when dry, 

 unpolished; lamellae thick, distant, broad, adnate or decurrent, 

 purplish ; stem variable, short or long, equal or sometimes thicker in 

 the middle, sometimes at each end, fibrous, solid, colored like or 

 paler than the pileus ; spores globose, verruculose, 8-10 /x in diameter. 



Pileus 5-10 cm broad ; stem 3-8 cm long, 4-12 mm thick. 



Solitary or rarely gregarious. Open grassy or bushy places. 

 Common. July to September. Edible. 



This species is often very irregular and very variable in size and 

 shape. The color of the lamellae is generally darker than in 

 Laccaria laccata (Scop.) B. & Br. The pileus is much 

 darker when moist than when dry. The stem is very fibrous and 

 firm. 



Laccaria amethystina (Bolt.) B. & Br. in part 



AMETHYST LACCARIA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 48, p. 176, pl.25. fig.23-27 



Pileus thin, broadly convex, umbilicate or centrally depressed, 

 liygrophanous, brown or violaceous brown when moist, grayish 

 when dry, unpolished; lamellae subdistant, adnate or decurrent, 

 violaceous, color more persistent than in the pileus; stem slender, 

 equal, flexuous, hollow, colored like or paler than the pileus ; spores 

 globose, verruculose, 8-10 /x in diameter. 



Pileus 1.2-2.5 cm broad ; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Solitary or gregarious. Damp ground in shaded places. Not 

 common. Albany and Suffolk counties. July and August. 



