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behind, adnexed ; stem variable, long or short, equal or thickened at the 

 base, solid, sheathed by the copious, white, silky veil, often subannulate, 

 grayish within but often variegated above with villaceous. 



Gregarious or subcespitose. Westport. October. This fungus agrees 

 with the type in many of its characters, but I have thought it worthy of 

 varietal distinction because of its nearly naked young pileus and the 

 prevailing violaceous color of it and the young lamellae and the grayish 

 hues of 'the mature plant. The lamellae also differ in being rounded 

 behind and adnexed. It grows in thin woods and attains a large size, 

 the pileus being 3-5 inches broad and the stem usually 4-5 inches 

 long. Its spores are like those of the species. 



Stropharia johnsoniana Pk. 



A form of this mushroom was found near Westport in which the 

 center of the pileus is dotted with small, erect, tawny red squamules 

 which appear like papillae when moist. This species is referred to the 

 genus Agaricus in Syl/oge, but the lamellae are slightly adnexed, and 

 therefore it should be placed in Stropharia. 



Psilocybe atomatoides Pk. 



Under pine and hemlock trees. Westport. September. This species 

 was first found in 1875. Since that time I do not remember meeting 

 with it. It is probably very rare. 



Coprinus ephemerus Pr. 



Decaying baled hay. North Elba. July, The habitat is peculiar. 



Moist, showery weather probably made it possible for the fungus to grow 



on it. 



Boletus granulatus albidipes n, var. 



Under pine trees. Westport. October. This variety differs from the 

 typical form of the species in having the flesh of the pileus white, except 

 next the tubes, where it is faintly yellowish, the stem white externally 

 and internally and in having a slight membranaceous veil which forms a 

 very thin annulus on the stem of the young plant, or forms fragments 

 which adhere to the margin of the pileus. 



Polyporus simillimus Pk. 



Burnt ground under pine trees. Westport. October. Many speci- 

 mens were found, all having the minute pores that are characteristic of 

 this species. The closely related P. p a r v u 1 u s Kl. was not seen in 

 this locality. 



