Report of the Botanist. 55 



Agaricus hordus Ft. 



Although the specimens formerly referred to this species agree in most 

 respects with the description there are certain discrepancies, which upon further 

 investigation induce me to believe it to be a distinct species. I would, there- 

 fore, give it the following name and description : 



Agaricus (Tpicholoma) pr^foliatus n. sp. 



Pileus thin, slightly convex or expanded, a little moist in wet weather, virgate 

 with innate brownish fibrils, dark-cinereous or grayish-brown, usually a little 

 darker on the disk, the margin sometimes revolute ; lamellae very broad, sub- 

 distant, rounded behind, sometimes united at the point of attachment, venose- 

 connected and somewhat transversely striate, often split transversely, the edge 

 uneven or eroded, white ; stem equal, firm, fibrous, fibrillose-striate or rimose, 

 stuffed or hollow, white or whitish ; spores broadly elliptical, generally uninu- 

 cleate, .00025'-.00035' long; flesh white, odor pleasant, anise-like. 



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



Ground and decaying hemlock wood in woods and groves. June and Aug. 



The pileus is often irregular and sometimes eccentric. The lamellae are 

 very broad, sometimes a half an inch or more, and usually much torn. The 

 plant is scattered in its mode of growth, but few individuals occurring in a. 

 place. The obscure striations of the lamellae are retained in the dried speci- 

 mens. 



Agaricus Corticola Schum. 



This plant revives on the application of moisture, thus indicating an 

 affinity with species of Marasmius. 



Agaricus callistus Pk. 



This beautiful Agaric grows on decaying wood in damp places as well as 

 m exsiccated water-holes. 



CORTINARIUS CORRUGATUS Pk. 



In woods. Gansevoort and Sandlake. Aug. 



The color of the pileus varies from yellow to reddish-yellow or ochraceous r 

 the lamellae are sometimes minutely transversely venose, and the stem is- 

 slightly fibrillose, and sometimes sprinkled above with yellowish grains or 

 squamules. 



Paxillus porosus Berk. 



Fine specimens were found at Brewerton, growing on the ground in woods 

 and on mounds of earth. The plant emits an unpleasant earthy odor. I 

 have not found the pileus viscid, and conclude that the part of the descrip- 

 tion "viscid when moist " is a mistake. This species is easily known by its; 

 porous hymenium, which connects it with the genus Boletus. Paxillus flavi- 

 dus Berk, is probably not distinct from Gomphidius rhodoxanthus Schw., 

 which occurs within our limits. The species is ambiguous between Paxillus- 

 and Gomphidius, but from the character of its spores it seems nearer the 



