REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I907 I35 



Salix serissima (Bail.) Fern. 



A fine clump of this late willow was found growing in a wet place 

 by the roadside near pulton Chain, Herkimer co. This is the third 

 station known for it in the Adirondack region. 



Sphaeronema pruinosum Pk. 



On the trunk of the low June berry, A m e 1 a n c h i e r 

 spicata (Lam.) Dec. Arnold clearing near Fulton Chain. 

 June. This rare fungus was published in Nezv York State Museum 

 Report 24, page 85. 1872. Apparently the same species was pub- 

 lished under the same name by Berkeley and Curtis in Grevillea 

 2 :i77. 1874. 



EDIBIiE FUNGI 



Ly coper don subincarnatum Pk. 



PINKISH PUFFBALL 



PLATE 114, FIG. 1-6. 



Gregarious or cespitose; peridium 6-12 lines b^oad, globose or 

 subglobose, sessile, the surface covered with small close subpyramidal 

 granular or spiny warts which in the mature plant fall, leaving 

 minute pits in the surface of the inner peridium, pinkish brown ; 

 capillitium and spores olivaceous; spores globose, .00016-.0002 of an 

 inch broad. 



The pinkish -pufifball is found in woods, growing on decaying 

 wood, stumps, and prostrate trunks of trees and may be found 

 from July to September. It is peculiar to this country. It rarely 

 exceeds one inch in diameter and except when growing in dense 

 clusters it is quite regularly globose and either sessile or with. a very 

 short sterile base. It is easily distinguished by its dull pinkish brown 

 color and sessile peridium while immature, and by the grayish 

 minutely pitted inner peridium of the mature or old plants. It is 

 well to remove the exterior peridium before cooking. The texture 

 is a little tough and the flesh is not highly flavored, but when fried 

 in butter it is agreeable to the taste, digestible and harmless. No 

 pufifball should be eaten after its flesh has lost its white color. 



Lycoperdon gemmatum Batsch 

 STUDDED PUFFBALL 



PLATE 114, FIG. 7-15 



Scattered, gregarious or cespitose ; peridium 10-20 lines broad, 

 globose, depressed globose or obovate, obtuse or umbonate, generally 



