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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  often 
  geniculate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  tall. 
  The 
  lower 
  

   sheaths 
  are 
  hairy 
  or 
  downy, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  cauline 
  

   leaves 
  are 
  minutely 
  hairy 
  along 
  the 
  veins. 
  The 
  basal 
  leaves 
  are 
  invo- 
  

   lute 
  and 
  eight 
  to 
  ten 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  habitat 
  is 
  so 
  peculiar 
  that 
  I 
  

   suspect 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  indigenous 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  They 
  certainly 
  

   seem 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  specifically 
  distinct 
  from 
  Festuca 
  ovina, 
  to 
  which, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Manual, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  added 
  as 
  a 
  variety. 
  The 
  plants 
  have 
  no 
  

   running 
  rootstocks. 
  

  

  Elymus 
  striatus 
  Wi//^^. 
  

   Dry 
  rocky 
  woods. 
  Menands 
  and 
  Cedar 
  Hill, 
  Albany 
  coimty* 
  

   July. 
  Our 
  plants 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  variety 
  villosiis 
  Gray, 
  Elymus 
  villosus 
  

   Muhl. 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Flora. 
  

  

  Tricholoma 
  terreum 
  fragrans 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Poughkeepsie. 
  October. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Barratt. 
  Mr. 
  Barratt 
  writes 
  that 
  

   many 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  mushroom 
  grew 
  in 
  a 
  patch 
  about 
  

   twenty 
  feet 
  square, 
  yet 
  not 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1894. 
  There 
  

   were 
  none 
  in 
  1895. 
  He 
  regards 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  valuable 
  mushroom 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  its 
  late 
  appearing, 
  its 
  freedom 
  from 
  insect 
  attack, 
  its 
  durability 
  and 
  

   fine 
  flavor. 
  It 
  is 
  especially 
  good 
  roasted 
  and 
  eaten 
  on 
  dry 
  buttered 
  

   toast 
  or 
  on 
  milk 
  toast. 
  In 
  his 
  opinion 
  many 
  mushrooms 
  are 
  better 
  

   roasted 
  than 
  cooked 
  in 
  other 
  ways. 
  

  

  Clitocybe 
  vilescens 
  P^. 
  

  

  A 
  pale 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  grows 
  on 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   pileus 
  is 
  smoky 
  white, 
  but 
  it 
  becomes 
  grayish-brown 
  in 
  drying. 
  The 
  

   mycelium 
  binds 
  together 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  sand, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  

   taken 
  up 
  carefully 
  a 
  Httle 
  ball 
  of 
  sandy 
  soil 
  adheres 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   stem. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  sometimes 
  pruinose. 
  The 
  flavor 
  is 
  mild 
  and 
  

   agreeable. 
  

  

  Clitocybe 
  amethystina 
  J^oU. 
  

  

  This 
  fungus 
  has 
  commonly 
  been 
  united 
  with 
  C. 
  laccata 
  as 
  a 
  variety^ 
  

   though 
  sometimes 
  the 
  remark 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  perhaps 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  it, 
  its 
  colors 
  constitute 
  the 
  chief 
  

   difference 
  between 
  the 
  two, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  very 
  constant. 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  no 
  connecting 
  forms. 
  C. 
  laccata 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  ne\^r 
  

  

  