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Linum medium (Planch.) Britton 

 Hempstead Plains, Nassau co. July. 



Lycoperdon excoriatum Lloyd 



Warrensburg, Warren co. October. The specimens referred to 

 this species were foimd growing about the roots of an old stump in 

 a pasture. They are either scattered or gregarious in their mode of 

 growth. The peridium is grayish brown and umbonate and has a 

 cortex similar to that of Lycoperdon g e m m a t u m Batsch 

 but it usually separates and falls away in flakes or patches, a char- 

 acter suggestive of the specific name. Sometimes the larger spinules 

 fall away separately, as in L . g e m m a t u m , leaving a scar on 

 the peridium and showing the close relationship between the 

 two species. 



Lycoperdon polytrichum Lloyd 



Among hair cap mosses, Polytrichum j u n i p e r i n u m . 

 Piseco, Hamilton co. August and September. Closely related to 

 L. g e m m a t u m , but differing in its peculiar habitat. 



Lycoperdon serotinum Bon. 

 Decaying wood, old stumps and prostrate trunks of trees. Sep- 

 tember to November. Appearing like a late smooth form of 

 Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. 



Marasmius phyllophilus n. sp. 



Pileus membranaceous, convex or nearly plane, dry, strongly 

 rugose striate or rugose sulcate, whitish, with a faint pinkish tinge 

 when dry ; lamellae narrow, distant, rounded behind, adnexed, white, 

 the interspaces venose ; stem tough, slender, equal, inserted, hollow, 

 covered with a wh'tish downy or velvety pubescence ; spores .0002- 

 .00024 of ai"i iiich long, .00012-.00016 broad. 



Pileus 4-8 lines broad; stem 10-15 lines long, about .5 of a line 

 thick. Gregarious on fallen leaves in woods. Wading River, 

 Suffolk CO. August. 



Closely related to M. i n s i t i t i u s Fr. from which it is sepa- 

 rated by the attachment of the lamellae to the stem and by the white 

 color and pubescent coating of the stem. The spores also are larger 

 than the dimensions of the spores of that species. 



