Beport of the State Botanist. 135 



Pholiota discolor Pk. 

 Yar. minor. Small ; pileus to 10 lines broad, chestnut color 

 when young or moist ; stem about 1 line thick, at first clothed 

 with whitish fibrils Among mosses about or on the base of 

 stumps. Shokan. September. 



Galera teneroides P/. 



This species is not rare in the Adirondack woods. It often 

 grows on decaying wood and branches. The color, though 

 approaching that of G. tener^ is more dull or brownish both 

 when moist and when dry. The moist pileus is sometimes 

 striatulate almost to the disk. 



Agaricus silvicola Vltt. 



The iS^ew Vork specimens heretofore referred to this species 

 differ in some respects from the European plant if we may rely 

 upon the published descriptions. The stem is quite constantly 

 abruptly bulbous at the base, and the annulus is usually double, 

 the lower or exterior one being of a fioccose texture, smaller 

 and split in a radiating manner as in that of A. arven^is. 

 The very young lamelhe are also whitish as in that species and 

 wounds or bruises of the fiesh are apt to become yelloAvish, all of 

 which indicate a closer affinity in our plant to A. arvensis than 

 to A. cam^yester. It seems to me, therefore, that greater scientific 

 accuracy will be attained by referring our ])lant to A. arvensifi as 

 a var. dbru])tus^ and considering it distinct from the European 

 A. .ulvicola, Avhich is described as having a simple annulus 

 and which is figured as having the stem slightly and gradually 

 thickened at the base. The name ahruptus will indicate the 

 character of the bulb in our plant. I have made trial of its 

 edible qualities and find it very good eating, though scarcely as 

 highly flavored as the common mushroom. 



Psilocybe squalidella Pk. 



Yar. C(.esjjitosa . Densel}^ Ciespitose ; pilei often irregular from 

 mutual pressure, firm but flexible and elastic, pale-alutaceous or 

 watery-brown Avhen moist, ochraceous or reddish-yellow when 

 dry ; stem subcartilaginous, somewhat fibrous, stuffed or hollow, 

 frequently wavy, reddish-brown or rufescent, paler at the top, 



