PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. 107 



Cantharellus Adans. 



Gr. — a vase; a cup. , 



136. Cantharellus ciliarius Fr. — cibaria, food. Seneca Park, Pittsford, 



Bushnells Basin, Adirondack Mts., common. One of the highest- 

 priced mushrooms sold in the English markets. 



137. C. aurantiacns Fr. — orange yellow. Bushnells Basin, Adirondack Alts., 



edible. 



138. C. cinnabarino Pk. — cinnabar .red. Rochester, Pittsford, Bushnells 



Basin, edible. 



139. C. breyipes Pk.— brcvis, short; pes, a foot. Rochester, edible. 



Marasmius Fr. 



Gr. — to wither or shrivel. 



140. Marasmius oreades Fr. (Pk. 1895). Fairy Ring, Mountain Nymphs, 



Scotch Bonnet. Common in fields and orchards. A very valuable 

 edible species which should be better known. Can be dried for win- 

 ter use. 



141. M. Wynnei B. & Br. Woods, Pittsford, edible, not common. 



142. 31. siccus (Schw.) Fries. Rochester, not tested. 



Lentinus Fr. 



Lentus. tough or pliant. 



143. Lentinus lepideiis Fr. — Gr. — scaly. Railroad ties, Pittsford, edible. 



Pan us Fr. 



A name given to a tree-growing fungus by Pliny. 



144. Panus torulosus Fr. — a tuft of hair, (from its hairy pileus). Roches- 



ter, Pittsford, edible. 



145. P. stypticus Fr. — stypticus, astringent. Bushnells Basin, poisonous. 



SCHIZOPHYLLUM Fr. 

 Gr. — to split; Gr. — a leaf. 



146. Scliizopliyllum commune Fr. On decaying wood, not edible. 



Series II. — Rhodospor.*:. Gr. — rose; Gr. — a seed. Spores pink or 

 salmon color. 



Volvaria Fr. 

 Volva. a wrapper. 



147. Volvaria yolvacea Bull. — volva, a wrapper. Rochester, edible. 



148. Y. volvacca white variety found by the writer, edible, rare. 



