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Scirpus polyphyllus, Vahl. 

 Gansevoort. July. A rare species witla us. 



Scirpus Torreyi, Olney. 



Beaver lake at tlie inlet from Beaver dam. July. 

 Tliis is a form in which the cluster of spikes is subtended by a 

 bract equaling or slightly exceeding it in length. 



Lepiota amianthina, Scop. 



Specimens sometimes approach L. granulosa in the structure of the 

 lamelhe which are somewhat emarginate and adnexed, but in all other 

 respects they are true L. amianthina. 



Lepiota granulosa, Batsch. var. albida. 

 A jjersistently whitish variety. Pastures, Catskill mountains. 

 September. 



Triclioloma fumidellum, Pk. 



In the Catskill mountains a form of this species occurs which has 

 the pileus umbonate and the umbo decidedly brown or smoky brown. 

 Sometimes the cuticle is rimose areolate and then the plant imitates 

 Lepiota cristata in general appearance. It is moist in wet weather and 

 belongs to the tribe Spongiosa. 



Tricholoma fumosoluteum, Fk. 



Abundant among moss under balsam trees near the summit of 

 Wittenberg mountain. The pileus is sometimes spotted thus indica- 

 ting a relationship with the tribe Gruttata, though its real affinities 

 are with the Spongiosa. The taste is farinaceous and slightly bitter. 

 The flesh is tinged with yellow under the subseparable epidermis. 



Tricholoma Peckii, Howe. 



This rare species occurs in the Catskill mountains. 



Both the pileus and stem are adorned with beautiful tawny or 

 tawny-red scales. The lamellae when old become stained or spotted 

 with brown or are discolored or dotted on the edge. The white flesh 

 of the pileus has a farinaceous taste, then bitterish. The odor is also 

 somewhat farinaceous. The pileus is viscid when moist, and the 

 species is allied to T. tran&mutans and T. alhohrunneum. 



