REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQXDG. 37 



of Paine's Catalogue. In the Beck herbarium there are specimens 

 credited to Albany. 



Thalictrum confine Fern. 

 Rossie.' June. Specimens collected near Port Henry and re- 

 ferred to Thalictrum purpura scens L. belong here. 



Thalictrum revolutum DC. 



This name is used in the New Manual to designate the plant 

 formerly referred to Thalictrum purpurascens c e r i - 

 f e r u m Aust. and the glandular leaved form of T h a 1 i c t r u m 

 purpurascens L. 



Viola sororia Willd. 

 A white or whitish flowered form of this species was found near 

 Rochester in May by Miss F. Beckwith and specimens were con- 

 tributed by her to the herbarium. 



EDIBLE FUNGI 



Clitocybe multiceps Pk. 

 MANY CAP CLITOCYBE 



PLATE II7, FIG. 7-9 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, slightly moist in wet weather, whitish, 

 grayish or yellowish gray, flesh white, taste mild; lamellae closed 

 adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish ; stems densely cespitose, equal 

 or slightly thickened at the base, solid or stuffed, firm, slightly 

 pruinose at the top, whitish ; spores globose, .ooo2-.ooo3 of an inch 

 in diameter (5-8 />-). 



The many cap clitocybe is quite constantly tufted in its mode 

 of growth. The tufts may be composed of two or three or many 

 individuals. When there are many individuals in a tuft the caps 

 are generally irregular because closely crowded against each other 

 in their growth. The surface is smooth but sometimes slightly 

 silky and brownish in the center. The color is whitish, grayish 

 or yellowish gray, but the flesh is pure white. The gills are white, 

 closely placed, with intervening short ones, the longest ones reach- 

 the stem and broadly connecting with it or slightly decurrent 

 The stems are stout, nearly equal in diameter in every part. 



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