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Hygrophoeus ebueneus Bull. 



Ground in open woods. Bethlehem and l^orth Greenbush. 

 October. 



The whole plant is pure white when fresh, but in drying the 

 lamellae assume a cinnamon-brown hue. 



Hygrophoeus cossus Ft. 



Ground in open woods. North Greenbush and ITew Scotland. 

 October. 



The disk of the pileus is tinged with red or brown and the 

 lamellae retain their white color in the dried state. 



Hygeophoeus viegatulus n. sp. 



Pileus convex or expanded, viscid when moist, minutely virgate 

 with innate blackish fibrils, whitish with a brownish disk ; lamellse 

 distant, arcuate-decurrent, white ; stem solid, viscid, equal or 

 tapering downwards, with a few small white floccose scales at the 

 top. 



Plant subcsespitose, 2-4:' high, pileus 1-2' broad, stem 2"-3" 

 thick. 



Ground in open woods. ISTorth Greenbush. October. 

 The lamellae change color in drying as in H. eburneus. 



Hygrophorus borealis n, sp. 



Pileus thin, convex or expanded, smooth, moist, white, some- 

 times striatulate ; lamellae arcuate-decurrent, distant, white ; stem 

 smooth, equal or tapering downwards, stufi'ed, white. 



Plant 2' high, pileus 8"-12" broad, stem 1" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan and Copake. September and 

 October. 



The species is related to H. niveus but the pileus is not viscid. 



Lactarius rkgalis Feck. 



Pileus convex, deeply depressed in the center, viscid when moist, 

 often corrugated on the margin, white tinged with yellow ; lamel- 

 lae close, decurrent, whitish, some of them forked at the base ; 

 stem stout, short, equal, hollow, smooth ; taste acrid ; milk sparse, 

 white, quickly changing to sulphur-yellow ; spores .0003 in. 



Plant 4-6' high, pileus 4-6' broad, stem 1' thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



This interesting plant rivals L. piper atus in size and closely 

 resembles it in general appearance; but the viscid pileus and 

 sparse milk quickly changing to yellow, as in L. chrysorrheuSj 

 clearly distinguish it. 



