132 Forty-fourth Report on the State Mvseum 



Crepidotus distans n. sp, 



' (Plate 2, figs. 4 to 7.) 



Pileus membranous, convex, distantly sulcate-striate, minutely- 

 pubescent, tawny; lamellae broad, ventricose, very distant, adnate, 

 colored like the pileus ; stem minute, eccentric, reddish-brown; 

 spores elliptical, .0004 to .0005 in. long, .00025 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 4 lines broad ; stem about 1 line long. 



Bark of thorn tree, Cratcegus tomentosa. Carrollton. September. 



A small species, very rare and easily overlooked, but very distinct 

 by its color, its pubesc'ent pileus and very distant lamellae. 



Cortinarius albidus n. sp. 



(Plates, figs. 1 to 4.) 



Pileus fleshy, convex, or nearly plane, viscid, white, sometimes 

 slig-htly ting-ed with yellow, flesh white ; lamellae close, emarginate, 

 at first whitish, then cinnamon color; stem equal, solid, white, with 

 a depressed oblique submarginate bulb at the base, veil white ; 

 spores subelliptical, .0004 to .00045 in. long, .00024 broad. 



Pileus 2 to 4 in. broad ; stem 2 to 4 in. long, 4 to 8 lines thick. 



Thin woods. Carrollton. September. 



Related to C. multiformis from which it is separable by its color, 



which is entirely white except in the mature lamellae, and by its 



peculiar oblique bulb. Its spores also are longer and of a different 



shape. 



Hygrojihorus penarius Fr. 



Mixed woods. Voorheesville. October. 



Our specimens differ slightly in color from the typical form. 

 They are white slightly stained with yellow and they retain tkeir 

 color in drying. Some of them are very large, the pileus being 

 five or six inches broad. 



Coprinus picaceus Fr. 



Decaying trunks or branches of trees in woods. Lyndonville. 

 June. Fairman. 



The form here referred to this species differs somewhat from the 

 description of the type in being smaller, in having no bulb to the 

 stem and in having smaller spores. It is probably the " smaller 

 variety growing on rotten wood" noticed by Stevenson in his 

 British Fungi. I have seen the true form of the species from 

 Kansas. The New York plant seems to me to be worthy of dis- 

 tinctive designation, at least as a variety, and I call it 



Var. ebulhosus. Plant smaller ; stem destitute of a bulb ; spores 

 .0003 to .0004 in. long, .0002 broad. 



