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Hypholoma rigidipes n. sp. 



PLATE III, FIG. 1-6 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex or broadly convex, dry, fibrillose- 

 squamulose, tawny brown (raw umber), often reddish in the center, 

 flesh whitish, odor slight or none, taste mild ; lamellae narrow, close, 

 slightly sinuate, adnexed, brownish red becoming black or purplish 

 black with age; stem slender, rigid, equal, hollow, fibrillose squamu- 

 lose, colored like the pileus or a little paler ; spores subellipsoid, 

 apiculate, 10-12 x 6-8 p.. 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad ; stem 5-10 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Damp places under tall herbs. North River, War- 

 ren co. September. 



This is closely related to Hypholoma lacrymabundum 

 Fr. from which it may be separated by its smaller size, gregarious 

 mode of growth, slender, rigid, equal, darker colored stem, larger 

 spores and slight evanescent veil. 



Pileus carnosulus, convexus vel late convexus,' siccus, fibrilloso- 

 squamulosus, umbrinus, saepe in centro rubescens, carne albida, 

 sapore mite ; lamellae . angustae, conf ertae, adnexae leviter 

 sinuatae, rufo-brunneae, deinde purpureo-atrae vel nigrescentes ; 

 stipes gracilis, rigidus, aequalis, cavus, fibrilloso-squamulosus, pileo 

 in colore similis ; sporae subellipsoideae, apiculatae, 10-12 x 6-8 fi' 



Juncus brachycephalus (Engelm.) Buchen. 



Jamesviile, Onondaga co. and Sevey, St Lawrence co. July and 

 August. Formerly reported as a variety of Juncus canaden- 

 s i s Gay. 



Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fern. 

 West Albany, Sand Lake and Adirondack mountains. August 

 and September. Formerly reported as a variety of Juncus 

 canadensis Gay. 



Juncus secundus Beauv. 

 Blue Mountain Lake, Hamilton co. August. Reported as a va- 

 riety of Juncus tenuis Willd. 



Juniperus horizontalis Moench 

 Bergen swamp, Genesee co. Formerly reported as a variety of 

 Juniperus sabina L. 



