﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  25 
  

  

  North 
  Elba 
  and 
  Lake 
  Pleasant. 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  

  

  This 
  northern 
  variety 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  in 
  its 
  mode 
  

   of 
  growth 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  odor, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  zonate 
  and 
  the 
  spines 
  of 
  the 
  hymenium 
  whiter. 
  

  

  Mnium 
  affine 
  ciliare 
  CM. 
  

  

  Catskill 
  mountains. 
  Mrs 
  E. 
  G. 
  Britton. 
  A 
  fine 
  variety 
  readily 
  

  

  known 
  by 
  the 
  long 
  ciliae 
  or 
  hairs 
  that 
  adorn 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  leaf. 
  

  

  Otidea 
  onotica 
  (Pers.) 
  Fckl. 
  

  

  Gregarious 
  or 
  cespitose, 
  growing 
  in 
  damp 
  shaded 
  places 
  on 
  de- 
  

   caying 
  wood 
  and 
  bark. 
  North 
  Elba. 
  September. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  whitened 
  by 
  mycelioid 
  filaments. 
  The 
  receptacle 
  is 
  

   rather 
  tough, 
  but 
  the 
  more 
  tender 
  hymenium 
  is 
  sometimes 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  insects 
  or 
  their 
  larvae. 
  

  

  Pilosace 
  eximia 
  Pk. 
  

  

  This 
  rare 
  little 
  species" 
  is 
  peculiar 
  in 
  having 
  reddish 
  spores. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  .00025 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  .00016 
  broad. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  spores 
  appears 
  to 
  vary 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  In 
  

  

  one 
  they 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  black, 
  in 
  another 
  as 
  purplish 
  brown. 
  In 
  

  

  structure 
  the 
  genus 
  agrees 
  with 
  Pluteus 
  of 
  the 
  pink 
  spored 
  series. 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  it 
  contains 
  six 
  species, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  occur 
  in 
  Europe, 
  

  

  two 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  one 
  in 
  Africa 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  Puccinia 
  suaveolens 
  (Pers.) 
  Rostr. 
  

  

  This 
  parasitic 
  fungus 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  among 
  the 
  useful 
  species. 
  

   It 
  attacks 
  the 
  noxious 
  Canada 
  thistle 
  and 
  assists 
  in 
  keeping 
  it 
  in 
  

   check 
  by 
  preventing 
  it 
  from 
  producing 
  seeds. 
  But 
  it 
  also 
  attacks 
  

   another 
  plant, 
  Oentaurea 
  cyanus, 
  blue 
  bottle 
  or 
  bache- 
  

   lor's 
  button, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  cultivated 
  for 
  ornament. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  

   also 
  it 
  prevents 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  and 
  seeds 
  and 
  it 
  

   may 
  therefore 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  an 
  injurious 
  fungus, 
  since 
  the 
  flower' 
  

   is 
  the 
  special 
  part 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  cultivated. 
  This 
  plant 
  

   escaped 
  from 
  cultivation 
  at 
  Menands 
  and 
  was 
  growing 
  like 
  a 
  

   weed 
  in 
  waste 
  places. 
  On 
  these 
  wild 
  plants 
  the 
  fungus 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  its 
  uredo 
  stage 
  in 
  May. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  this 
  was 
  followed 
  

   by 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  teleutospores, 
  the 
  final 
  stage, 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  