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Marasmius straminipes, Peck. 



Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical or convex, smooth, striate, whitish ; 

 lamellae distant, unequal, white ; stem corneous, smooth, shining, filiform, 

 inserted, pale straw color. 



Plant l'-2' high, pileus l"-3" broad. 



Fallen leaves of the pitch pine, Pinus rigida. Center. October. 



Lenzites vialis* Peck. 



Pileus coriaceous, sessile, dimidiate or elongated, sometimes confluent, ob- 

 scurely zoned, subtomentose, brown or grayish-brown, the margin cinereous ; 

 lamellae thin, anastomosing abundantly, pallid, cinereous-pruinose on the 

 edge when fresh. 



Pileus 6"-12" long. 



Old railroad ties. North Greenbush and Center. October. 



Boletus separans, Peck. 



Pileus thick, convex, smooth, shining, sometimes deeply lacunose, brownish- 

 lilac ; tubes plane or slightly depressed around the stem, at first quite 

 closed and attached to the stem, then by the expansion of the pileus usually 

 torn from it, small, subrotund, yellow or brownish-yellow ; stem solid, nearly 

 equal, distinctly reticulated, dull lilac; spores .00055' x .00022'; flesh white, 

 unchangeable. 



Plant 3'-4' high, pileus 3' broad, stem 6"-10" thick. 



Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. August. 

 In dry weather the separation of the tubes from the stem does 

 not always take place. 



Boletus affinisj Peck. 



Pileus dry, minutely tomentulose, even or slightly rugose, chestnut colored, 

 soon fading to tawny or ochraceous, the cuticle sometimes cracking into areas ; 

 tubes plane or convex, attached to the stem and sometimes depressed around 

 it, at first white and closed, then yellow, small, unequal, angular or subrotund ; 

 stem solid, unequal, smooth, rarely reticulated at the top, pallid or tinged 

 with dull red; spores .00035' x .00016'; flesh white, unchangeable. 



Plant 2'-3' high, pileus 2'-3' broad, stem 6"-10" thick. 



Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. July. 



Boletus inodestusj Peck. 



Pileus firm, often irregular, dry, yellowish-brown ; tubes nearly plane, 

 attached and subdecurrent, pale ochraceous, angular and compound; stem 



