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Cantharellus brevipes, n. sp. (Plate 1, figs. 18-20.) Pileus fleshy, 

 obconic, glabrous, alutaceous or dingy cream-color, the thin margin 

 erect, often irregular and lobed, tinged with lilac in the young plant; 

 folds numerous, nearly straight on the margin, abundantly anastomos- 

 ing below, pale umber tinged with lilac; stem short, tomentose-pubes- 

 cent, cinereus, solid, often tapering downward ; spores yellowish, ob- 

 long-elliptical, uninucleate, .0004 in. to .0005 in. long, .0002 in. broad. 

 Plant 3 in. to 4 in. high, pileus 2 in. to 3 in. broad, stem 4 lines to 6 

 lines thick. Woods. Ballston, Saratoga county. July. This interesting 

 species is related to the C. floccosus, both by its short stem and its 

 abundantly anastomosing folds. The two species should be separated 

 from the others and constitute a distinct section. The flesh in G. brevi- 

 pes is soft and whitish and the folds are generally thinner than in C. 

 floccosus. 



Panus las vis, B. & C. Oak stumps. Wading River. Sept. The 

 margin of the pileus is sometimes marked by small, oblique elevations 

 or ridges which unite inwardly and thus form, with the edge of 

 the pileus, small triangular spaces. Sometimes the two elevated lines 

 which form the sides of a triangle divide near the margin and thus 

 form two very small additional triangles. The pure white color and 

 regular, even pileus make this a very pretty species The color, how. 

 ever, becomes slightly tinged with yellow in drying. 



Panus dealbatus, Berk. Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Verona 

 Aug. 



Boletus Frostii, Russell. Thin woods. Wading River and River- 

 head. Sept. The spores in our specimens are longer than required by 

 the description, but in other respects the specimens agree with the 

 published characters of the species. 



Polyporus (Anodermei) hispidoides, n. sp. Pileus 4 in. to 8 in. 

 broad, about half an inch thick, sessile, rarely narrowed behind or be- 

 low into a short, stem-like base, soft, spongy, fleshy-fibrous, tomentose, 

 not at all or very obscurely zonate, ferruginous-brown, becoming 

 darker with age, yellow on the margin when young; pores small, ir- 

 regular, subrotund, angular or fleuxous, greenish-yellow, becoming 

 brown when bruised or old, the thin dissepiments externally villous ; 

 spores subglobose or broadly elliptical, about. 0002 in. long.' Base of 

 spruce or pine trees. Albany, Burnt hills and Adirondack mountains. 

 July and Aug. This fungus is closely related to P. hispidus, and 

 may yet prove to be a mere variety of it. That species is described as 

 compact, and having minute rotund pores. It is also said to grow on 

 the trunks of frondose trees, and to have a thick pileus, none of which 

 characters are applicable to our plant. It occurs only, so far as I have 

 seen, on trunks of spruce and pine, its pileus is rarely more than half 

 an inch thick, its substance is soft, even when dry, and the pores are 

 angular. The thin dissepiments become more or less lacerated when 

 old, and often retain a yellowish color when dried. The pileus is very 

 similar in color to Lensites sepiaria. 



Polyporus benzoinus, Wallr. Decaying stumps and trunks of hem- 

 lock trees. Brewerton and Helderberg mountains. Sept. This 

 closely resembles P. resinosus which occurs on trunks of frondose 

 trees. 



