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Plant 2' high, pileus 2' broad, stem 2"-4" thick. 

 Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. August. 



Boletus castaneus Bull. 



Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. June. 

 The spores in this plant are yellow, not white as indicated in 

 Fries' Epicrisis. 



POLYPOEUS KESINOSUS 7'>. 



Prostrate trunks of hemlock trees, AMes Canadensis. Sandlake 

 and Portville. August and September. 



POLYPORUS PICIPES J^r. 



A single specimen of this species was found on a fallen branch 

 at Center. 



Merulius lacrymans I^r. 



Decaying wood in close, damp places. Greenbush. October. 

 On a flower-pot in a green-house. Buffalo. Clinton. 



Hydnum strigosum Swartz. 



Prostrate trunk of an ash trge. Portville. September. 



CrATERELLUS CJ5SPIT0SUS P^c^. 



Pileus fleshy, tough, irregular, expanded, centrally depressed or 

 subinfundibuliform, smooth, moist, variable in color, greenish- 

 yellow, pinkish-brown, blackish, the margin usually decurved and 

 somewhat lobed J hyraenium at first smooth, then rugose-wrinkled, 

 the folds decurrent on the short solid tough stem which is either 

 central or eccentric; spores oblong, obtuse, sometimes slightly 

 curved, .00035' to .00045' long. 



Plant csespitose, 6"-12" high, pileus O'-IO" broad, 



Potten logs in a wooded swamp. Portville. September. 



This is a singular and somewhat aberrant species. The color is 

 variously modified by blue, green, yellow, olivaceous and viola- 

 ceous tints. The pilei sometimes grow together, forming an 

 intricate, irregular tuft. 



Thelephora anthocephala Fr. 



Ground in open woods. Greenbush. August. 



Thelephora pedicellata Schw, 



Liviiiff branches of alder trees. Indian Lake. October. 



