﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  I29 
  

  

  genus 
  Laccaria 
  by 
  Berkeley 
  and 
  Broome, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  : 
  Pileus 
  convex 
  then 
  umbilicate 
  or 
  depressed, 
  flesh 
  thin 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  

   broadly 
  adnate, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  decurrent 
  tooth, 
  becoming 
  mealy 
  

   with 
  the 
  copious 
  subglobose 
  minutely 
  warted 
  white 
  spores; 
  stem 
  

   central, 
  externally 
  fibrous 
  ; 
  veil 
  not 
  evident. 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  accepted, 
  Clitocybe 
  ochropurpurea 
  Berk, 
  and 
  C. 
  

   tortilis 
  Bolt, 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  it. 
  C. 
  trtillisatus 
  Ellis 
  is 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  to 
  these 
  in 
  general 
  characters 
  and 
  appearance, 
  but 
  must 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   cluded 
  because 
  its 
  spores 
  are 
  oblong 
  and 
  smooth. 
  

  

  Then 
  admitting 
  the 
  specific 
  validity 
  of 
  C. 
  amethystina^ 
  we 
  have 
  four 
  

   species 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  it. 
  The 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  

   by 
  the 
  characters 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  subjoined 
  table. 
  

  

  Stem 
  more 
  than 
  4 
  lines 
  thick 
  L. 
  ochropurpurea. 
  

  

  Stem 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  lines 
  thick 
  * 
  i 
  

  

  I 
  Moist 
  pileus 
  obscurely 
  violaceous 
  or 
  watery 
  brown, 
  lamellae 
  

  

  amethystine 
  L. 
  amethystina. 
  

  

  I 
  Moist 
  pileus 
  rufescent 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow 
  or 
  flesh 
  color, 
  lamellae 
  

  

  flesh 
  color 
  2 
  

  

  2 
  Stem 
  commonly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  i 
  to 
  4 
  

  

  in. 
  long 
  L. 
  laccata. 
  

  

  2 
  Stem 
  commonly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  4 
  to 
  10 
  

  

  lines 
  long 
  L. 
  tbrtilis. 
  

  

  Pholiota 
  unicolor 
  VaM. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  Jordanville 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  

   June. 
  They 
  were 
  growing 
  on 
  moss-covered 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  The 
  

   resemblance 
  between 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  some 
  forms 
  of 
  Clitocybe 
  laccata 
  

   is 
  quite 
  strong. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  its 
  spores 
  and 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  mem- 
  

   branous 
  annulus 
  will 
  at 
  once 
  preclude 
  any 
  confusion 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   species. 
  The 
  stem 
  sometimes 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  evident 
  white 
  mycelioid 
  

   tomentum 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  

  

  Pholiota 
  angustipes 
  /%. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  is 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence. 
  It 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  1876. 
  The 
  

  

  past 
  season 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Albany 
  county. 
  The 
  pileus 
  varies 
  in 
  color 
  

  

  from 
  brown 
  to 
  gray 
  or 
  grayish-brown. 
  It 
  is 
  slightly 
  viscid 
  when 
  

  

  moist. 
  The 
  veil 
  is 
  slight 
  and 
  often 
  its 
  fragments 
  adhere 
  entirely 
  to 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  