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Lactarius Gerakdii Pech. 



Fileus expanded or centrally depressed, dry, rngose-wrinkled, 

 often with a minute umbo or papilla, sooty-brown, the thin spread- 

 ing margin sometimes wavy or irregular ; lamellae broad, distant, 

 decurrent, white, the interspaces uneven ; stem equal, solid, 

 colored like the pileus ; flesh and spores white ; taste mild ; milk 

 wliite, unchangeable. 



Plant 3'-5' high, pileus 2-4:' broad, stem 4:"-6" thick. 



Ground in woods and groves. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. Albany 

 and Croghan. September. 



In the color of the pileus and stem this species is like the large 

 form of L. fidigiiiosus^ but its real relationship is with Z. distans^ 

 from which it is separated by its color and its longer equal stem, 

 characters which may prove to be only varietal. 



RUSSULA SORDIDA PecJc. 



Pileus firm, convex, centrally depressed, dry, sordid white, 

 sometimes clouded with brown ; lamellae close, white, some of 

 them forked ; stem equal, solid, concolorous ; spores globose, 

 .0003 in. ; taste acrid ; flesh changing color when wounded, 

 becoming black or bluish-black. 



Plant 4-5' high, pileus 3'-5' broad, stem 6"-12" thick. 



Ground under hemlock trees. Worcester. July. 

 It resembles L. piperatics in general appearance. The whole 

 plant turns black in drying. 



RuSSULA CONSOBKINA Fr. 



Ground in open woods. Davenport, Delaware county. Wor- 

 cester. 



Our specimens are very variable in color, but the prevailing 

 hues are green, olivaceous and purple. 



Ntctalis asterophora Fr. 



Decaying fungi. Poughkeepsie. Gera/rd. Mr. G. remarks that 

 thus far this plant has appeared each alternate season. 



Marasmius Yiticola B. (& C. 



Fallen branches. Worcester. July. 



This plant is not limited to grape vines in its habitat. 



Marasmius cjespitosus Pech. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, even, brown with a lilac tint, the thin 

 margin exceeding the lamellas ; lamellae close, free, somewhat united 

 with each other at the stem, narrowed outwardly, white ; stem 

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