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Report of the State Botanist 181 



" I have found this plant in various sections of the State 

 and always growing in wet places in woods or by streams ; 

 thus I name it O. aquatica." 



CoUybia platyphylla Fr, Baltimore ... Plate 36 



Colly bia radicata Belh. Druid Hill Park . . Plate 48 



CoUybia siticulosa n. sp. Baltimore Plate 47 



" Pileus fleshy in the center, thin at margin, at first decid- 

 edly umbonate, then depressed, margin at first involute, 

 ochraceous; lamellae free, not distant, dirty white or pale 

 cream color; stem cartilaginous, hollow, twisted, flattened 

 where it unites with the pileus, very pale ochre. 



" This fungus is particularly tough and dry, so much so 

 that it is unnecessary to submit it to the usual process for 

 preservation. Hence its name siticulosa." 



CoUybia subrig-ua n. sp. Carroll county Plate 49 



"Pileus convex, then expanded, sometimes broadly umbo- 

 nate, then centrally depressed, dark brown at disk, ochra- 

 ceous at the margin, hygrophanous, shining when dry, flesh 

 white, margin thin, split; lamellse white, narrow, adnate, 

 forked, close, turning dirty white in age ; stem stuffed with 

 thready particles, nearly equal, blunt at base, flattened at the 

 apex, twisted, striate where it meets the lamellae, pallid ; 

 spores .00022X. 00034 in. white. 



*' The plant was excessively hygrophanous when first col- 

 lected, it then became dry and shining." 



Pleurotus mitis Pers. Druid Hill Park Plate 50 



Pleurotus ostreatus Jacq. Druid Hill Park Plate 51 



" The flesh is hard and when eaten it requires much cook- 

 ing to make it palatable. According to my own taste the 

 'tree oyster' is much more pleasing to the eye than to the 

 palate. At no time have I ever been able to discover the 

 slightest resemblance to the animal bivalve for which it is 

 named. I have eaten it before and after cooking." 



Pleurotus spathulatus Pers. Baltimore i Plate 52 



Pleurotus euosmus Berk. Druid Hill Park Plate 53 



"I am very doubtful whether the plant flgured is truly P. 

 euosmus Berk. I have never met it since 1878." 



The spores of the plant flgured are represented as globose, 

 rose colored, .00018 in. broad. The doubt is therefore well 

 founded. 



Pleurotus sapidus Kalchb. Druid Hill Park Plate 54 



Volvaria bombycina Schceff. Baltimore county Plate 55 



Volvaria parvulus Weinm. Western Maryland Plate 158 



Pluteus cervinus Schceff. Western Maryland Plate 157 



