REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9OO 16$ 



Lentinus tigrinus {Bull.) Fr. 



Several specimens of the so-called diseased form of this species were 

 collected near Ticonderoga, and one specimen in normal condition. These 

 all grew on an old stump. Last year several specimens were collected 

 near Savannah, all of which were found on a prostrate trunk of a small 

 tree. Among these also there was a single specimen with lamellae in 

 normal condition.* Such examples throw some doubt on the validity of 

 Lentodium squamulosum Morg. 



Clitopilus noveboracensis subviolaceus n. var. 



Pileus thin, nearly plane when young, often becoming centrally de- 

 pressed with age, pale grayisli violaceous, fading with age, sometimes 

 obscurely zonate or concentrically spotted, strongly involute on the 

 margin when young, flesh whitish, taste at first farinaceous then bitter ; 

 lamellae very decurrent, pallid, becoming tinged with creamy yellow ; 

 stem pallid, whitish tomentose at the base, sometimes eccentric. Fallen 

 leaves in woods. Floodwood. 



Clitopilus noveboracensis umbilicatus n, var, 

 Pileus nearly plane, umbilicate, white or whitish, flesh white, taste 

 bitter; stem short, white, hairy or somewhat tomentose. Floodwood. 

 August. This variety differs from the type chiefly in the paler umbilicate 

 pileus and the short tomentose hairy stem. The preceding one differs in 

 the violaceous hue of the pileus and in its fading with age. In both, the 

 pileus is apparently less disposed to become rivulose or concentrically 

 rimose. 



Entoloma graveolens Pk. 



Under the description of this species in my last report, its Resemblance 

 toTricholoma personatum was noticed, and the color of its 

 spores and its strong, disagreeable and persistent odor were indicated as 

 distinguishing characters. But more recent investigations afford reason 

 for beUeving that these supposed distinct species run together, or, in 

 other words, are forms of one species. The pileus of a specimen sup- 

 posed to be T. personatum was placed on a slip of white paper for 

 the purpose of collecting its spores. One side of it projected beyond 

 the paper and rested over the mahogany colored table on which the 

 paper was placed. After the spores had fallen it was found that those 

 on the surface of the table had a whitish hue and might readily be taken 

 to bp s^.r4i4 y^Y\%p^ ,tb.^ color asr.ri|3,ed to the sppr.es pf T. p e r s .o n a t u ?r)c 



