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Woodwardia areolata (Z.) Moore 

 K form of this fern having pinnae intermediate in width between those 

 of ordinary sterile and fertile fronds was found by Rev. G. C. Hulst in a 

 swamp near Middle Village (L. I.) 



Lycopodium clavatum brevispicatum n,var. 

 A peculiar form of this club-moss was collected on Wallface mountain. 

 The leaves of the branches are closely imbricated and strongly incurved, 

 and the spikes are short, thick and generally very blunt. These char- 

 acters give the plant a singular aspect and in my opinion make it worthy 

 of varietal distinction. 



Lepiota naucinoides Pk. 



The smooth lepiota which was very abundant in our state in the 

 autumn of 1896 appeared again this year in great profusion. It has 

 shown considerable variability in some of its characters. Usually its 

 pileus is very white and smooth, clean and attractive, but specimens 

 have been found this year having the pileus dingy or smoky brown, 

 others have been seen in which the cuticle of the pileus was cracked in 

 such a way as to form minute squamules, and in one or two instances 

 plants were observed having the surface of the pileus adorned with 

 minute granules, a character attributed to L. naucina Fr. In such 

 cases the importance of recognizing the spore characters is shown. By 

 disregarding this character our plant has sometimes been referred to L. 

 naucina and sometimes to Agaricus cretaceus Fr., both of 

 which it closely resembles, and with which it appears to be confused by 

 European mycologists, some referring it to one species and some to the 

 other. 



Tricholoma equestre pinastreti {A. df S.) Sacc. 

 Thin woods. Westport. September and October. This variety 

 differs from the typical form of the species in its smaller size, even pileus, 

 and more narrow, thinner and closer lamellae. The stem in our speci- 

 mens is pale yellow, but in the typical form, as it occurs in our state, it 

 is often white. The variety has a slight farinaceous taste. 



Tricholoma flavescens Pk. 



This rare species was first observed by the writer in 1872, and till the 

 past autumn had not again been found. Westport. October. About 

 the base of pine stumps. 



