32 Thirty-second Report on the State Museum. 



RtJSSULA DELICA Fr. 



Ground in woods. Center and Brewerton. 



This very closely resembles Lactarius vellereus, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its mild taste, and the absence of a milky juice. From the 

 juiceless variety of L. vellereus its mild taste alone furnishes a separating 

 character. 



ROSSULA COMPACTA FfOSt MS. 



Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, sometimes centrally depressed, dry, whitish, 

 sometimes tinged or spotted with reddish or yellowish hues, becoming dingy 

 or reddish alutaceous when old or dry, the margin thin but even ; lamellae 

 broad, sub-distant, unequal, a few of them forked, nearly free, white, becom- 

 ing brown when bruised or dried ; stem equal, firm, rather short, solid, white, 

 changing color like the pileus ; spores subglobose, nearly smooth, .00035' in 

 diameter ; flesh whitish or subalutaceous, taste mild, odor when drying very 

 disagreeable 



Plant 2 -4' high, pileus 3'-5' broad, stem 8''-12" thick. 



Ground in open woods. Sandlake and Brewerton. Aug. and Sept. 



Our specimens do not fully agree with Mr. Frost's manuscript description, 

 but they approach so near an agreement that we have not thought best to- 

 separate them. Ihe pileus is sometimes split on the margin. The change 

 of color in the pileus and stem is nearly the same, but the lamellae become 

 darker than either. The disagreeable odor is retained a long time by the 

 dried specimens. The species belongs to the section Compacts. 



RUSSULA OLIVASCENS Ff. 



G-round in woods. Gansevoort. Aug. 



RUSSULA PL AVID A FfOSt MS. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, slightly depressed in the center, not polished, yellow, 

 the margin at first even, then slightly striate-tuberculate ; lamellae nearly 

 entire, venose-connected, white, then cinereous or yellowish ; stem firm, solid, 

 yellow, sometimes white at the top ; spores yellow, subglobose, .00025 -.0003' 

 in diameter ;' flesh white, taste mild. 



Plant 2 / -3 high, pileus 2-3 broad, stem 4-6" thick. 



Ground in woods. Sandlake. Aug. 



Marasmius archyropus Pers. 



Ground in woods and swamps. Albany, Adirondack Mountains, etc. This 

 is one of our most common species. It was formerly confused with M. velutipes. 

 The latter is generally smaller and has the pileus darker colored and usually 

 with a slight umbilicus. The stem is more slender and its velvety Covering 

 inclining to a tawny or subochraceous hue. Both species occur in our State. 



Boletus punctipes n. sp. 



Pileus convex or expanded, glutinous in wet weather, yellow, the thin mar- 

 gin at first minutely grayish-pulverulent, at length recurved ; tubes short, 

 nearly plane, adnate, small, subrotund, at first brownish, then sordid-yellow.; 



