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Russula ballouii n. sp. 
Plate IX, figures I-4 
Pileus thin, broadly convex, nearly plane or slightly depressed in 
the center, yellow when moist, grayish yellow when the moisture has 
escaped, the pale brick-red cuticle cracking into minute scales every- 
where except in the center; lamellae thin, narrow, close, adnate or 
subdecurrent, pale yellow, becoming pruinose or dusted by the white 
spores; stem firm, equal or slightly tapering downward, the surface 
colored and adorned like the pileus; spores subglobose, 8-10 up. 
Pileus 2-3 cm broad; stem 2-3 cm long, 8-10 mm thick. 
Woods, specially under poplar trees. Near Bullshead, Richmond 
co. October. W. H. Ballou. 
Pileus tenuis, late convexus, subplanus vel in centro leviter de- 
pressus, humidus luteus, siccus griseo-luteus, ubique, disco excepto, 
squamis minutis lateritiis ornatus; lamellae tenues, angustae, con- 
fertae, adnatae vel subdecurrentes, pallidae vel pruinosae; stipes 
firmus, aequalis vel leviter sursum crassus, pileo similis ornatus et 
coloratus ; sporae subglobosae, 8-10 up. 
Septoria margaritaceae n. sp. 
Spots mostly large, .5—2 cm long, commonly one on a leaf, brown; 
perithecia epiphyllous, minute, about .25 mm wide, black; spores fili- 
form, curved or flexuous, 40-80 x I-2 p, commonly attenuated 
toward the apex, oozing out and forming a whitish or yellowish 
white mass on the apex of the perithecium. 
On languishing leaves of pearly everlasting, Anaphalis 
margaritacea (L.) B.& H. White Lake, Oneida co. August. 
Usually there is a single large spot on a leaf but occasionally there 
are several smaller spots occupying the whole leaf. 
Maculae vulgo magnae, .5-2 cm longae, vulgo solitariae, brun- 
neae ; perithecia epiphylla, minuta, circiter, .25 mm lata, atra; sporae 
filiformes, curvae vel flexuosae, 40-80 x 1-2 p, vulgo ad apicem 
attenuatae, exudantes et globulum albidum formantes. 
Silene dichotoma Ehrh. 
Marietta, Onondaga co. S. N. Cowles. An introduced species. 
Tricholoma latum Pk. 
Plate IX, figures 5-8 
Pileus fleshy, firm but flexible, broadly convex or nearly plane, 
moist, glabrous, white or whitish, flesh white, taste disagreeable; 
