REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9OO I7I 



A resupinate form of T. s e p i u m is common. Also of T. s e r i a 1 i s 

 T. variiformis and T. mollis. Resupinate forms of T. t r o g i i, 

 T. scutellata and T. o h i e n s i s are less common. The pileus in 

 T. p i c e i n u s and T. m o 11 i s is often attached by its vertex and is 

 then concave beneath, bearing some resemblance to the cup of a broad, 

 inverted wineglass. T. rube seen s is probably only a form of 

 Daedalea confragosa Pers. 



Hydnam aurantiacum A. &= S. 



A singular multiplex or somewhat proliferous form of this species was 

 found in hemlock woods near Westport. Many of the plants ap- 

 peared at first sight like several small plants in a dense tuft. These 

 had a farinaceous taste and odor and perhaps ought to be separated as a 

 variety. Some of them have the aculei a beautiful persistent yellowish 

 orange and a more decided farinaceous taste and odor. To these I 

 give the name Hydnum aurantiacum pulchrispineum 

 n. var. 



Hydnum rufescens Pers. 



A form of this species occurs in which the pileus is umbilicate and 

 sometimes eccentric. 



Mucronella aggregata Fr. 



Fine specimens in which the aculei or spines are crowded in groups 

 several inches in extent were found growing on decayed wood of hem- 

 lock in woods near Flood wood. The spines in our specimens are more 

 slender and more sharply pointed than represented by Fries in the figure 

 in Icones. 



Grandinia virescens Pk. 



Specimens of this rare fungus which was reported more than 20 years 

 ago were found on decaying wood of hemlock near Westport in Septem- 

 ber. These have a white margin and white subiculum. 



Clavaria divaricata Pk. 



A form of this very distinct species was found growing on much 

 decayed wood near Flood wood, in which the tips of the branchlets are 

 whitish or pale yellow. 



Clavaria ligula Fr. 



The clubs are not always obtuse as might be inferred from the pub- 

 lished descriptions of the species. They are sometimes acute and some- 

 times even cuspidate. In young specimens they are yellowish, but as 

 they advance in age they assume the normal color of maturity. 



