REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQIO 33 



Pileus 5-10 cm broad; stem 4-10 cm long, 6-12 mm thick. 



Ground in woods and in swamps. Old Forge, Herkimer co, 

 August. F. S. Boughton. North Elba. September. C. H. Peck. 



Closely allied to Lactarius rufus (Scop.) Fr. but sepa- 

 rated by its paler lamellae, hollow stem, absence of an umbo and 

 very scanty milk. The stem is often pointed at the base. Edible 

 according to F. S. Boughton, who says it " entirely lost its acridity 

 in cooking and was very fine in flavor." I have not tried it. 



Pileus carneus, firmus, senectute fragihs, late convexus subplanus 

 vel centro depressus, saepe margine deflexus, lateritius, carne al- 

 bida, lacte albo, parco vel nullo, sapore acri ; lamellae tenues, con- 

 f ertae, adnatae vel subdecurrentes, albidae vel lutescentes ; stipes 

 firmus, subaequalis, cavus, glaber, pileo in colore similis vel pal- 

 lidior ; sporae subglobosae, 8-9x7-8,,. 



Lentinus piceinus n. sp. 



Pileus thin, dimidiate, sessile or with a very short stem, broadly 

 convex or nearly plane, glabrous, pale alutaceous ; lamellae few, 

 distant, unequal, serrate-dentate, pallid ; stem when present very 

 short ; spores minute, subglobose, 4-5 ij. in diameter. 



Pileus 8-12 mm broad; stem about 2 mm long. 



Bark of red spruce, Picea rubra (DuRoi) Dietr. Long 

 Lake, Hamilton co. July. 



A small and rare species. Found but once. 



Pileus tenuis, dimidiatus, sessilis vel breviter stipitus, late con- 

 vexus subplanusve, glaber, subalutaceus ; stipes brevissimus ; sporae 

 minutae, subglobosae, 4-5 /x in diam. 



Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr. 

 Canandaigua. July. Mrs E. P. Gardner. An introduced plant 

 cultivated for ornament but sometimes escaping fro:ii cultivation. 



Machaeranthera pulverulenta (Nutt.) Greene 

 Cobbs hill near Rochester. July. Miss F. Beckwith. Intro- 

 duced from the West. Determined by Dr P. A. Rydberg. 



Macrosporium heteronemum pantophaeum Sacc. 

 In gardens on voung decaying summer crookneck squashes. Me- 

 nands. August. 



