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Pileus 1-2.5 inches broad ; stem 2-3 inches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Under tamarack and balsam fir trees. Fulton Chain, Herkimer 

 CO. October. 



This is a beautiful species of Hygrophorus closely related to 

 II. speciosus Pk. and H. aureus Arrh. From the last I 

 have separated it because of its different habitat, its frequently 

 umbonate pileus, its white or whitish stem and its partial floccose 

 white veil. By this last character and its persistently red or orange 

 colored pileus it is separable from H. speciosus Pk. and 

 H. bresadolae Quel. It is possible that further observation 

 may prove that all these are forms of one variable species. 



Hygrophorus lacmus Fr. 



Ground in woods of deciduous trees. Wilburs Basin, Saratoga 

 CO. November. S. H. Burnham. A single specimen. 



H5^ocrea polyporoidea B. & C. 



Bark and decorticated wood of beech. Fag us americana 

 Sweet. Adirondack mountains. Lake Pleasant, Hamilton co. and 

 Star lake, St Lawrence co. August. 



Lactarius minusculus Burl. 



Among fallen leaves and mosses under white birches. Menands, 

 Albany co. July. This species has hitherto been confused with 

 L. subdulcis Fr. and has been separated because of its smaller 

 size and acrid or tardily acrid taste. 



Leaia piperata Banker 



Decaying wood. East Schaghticoke, Rensselaer co. H. J. 

 Banker. Meadowdale, Albany co. September. Remarkable for 

 its dissected pileus and its hot peppery flavor. 



Lecidea platycarpa Ach. 

 Rocks. Vaughns, Washington co. August. .S. H. Burnham. 



Lophiotrema semiliberum (Desm.) Sacc. 



Dead grass stems. Lyndonville, Orleans co. May. C. E. 

 Fairman. 



