PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. 



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268. 



269. 

 270. 



271. 



272. 

 273. 



274. 

 275. 

 276. 



277. 



27S. 



27'). 

 280. 

 281. 

 282. 

 283. 



Family V. — Clavariai v.r.. 



Sparassis Fr. 



Gr. — to tear in pieces. 



Sparassis crispa Fr. — crispus, curly. Pittsford, edible. A very re- 

 markable mushroom looking not unlike a coil of two to four inch 

 wide brown ribbon set on edge and somewhat crimped. It is not 

 common. 



Clavaria L. 



Clava, a club. 



'lavaria llava Schaeff. — yellow. Seneca Park, Pittsford, Bushnells 

 Basin, edible. 



'. botrytes Pers. ( Pk. 1895). — a cluster of grapes I from shape). Bush- 

 nells Basin, edible. 



'. ametliystina Bull. — amethyst color. Pittsford. edible. 



'. cristate Pers. ( Pk. 1895). Seneca Park, Pittsford, edible. 



'. coralloides L. — coral like. Pittsford, edible. 



'. formosa Pers. — neat, handsome. Pittsford, edible. 



'. striota Pers. — stringo, to draw tight. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



!. aurantio-cinnabarino Schw. — orange, vermillion. Bushnells Basin, 

 edible. This is the handsomest of this family, looking like a branch 

 of red coral. 



!. vermioularis Scop. — vermis, a worm. Bushnells Basin, Sullivans, 

 rare, edible. First found by the writer in the Adirondacks. 



!. ftisiforiiiis Sow. — fusus, a spindle. Pittsford, Adirondack Moun- 

 tains, edible. 



'. pistillaris L. (Pk. 1904) .— pistillum. Woods, Pittsford, edible. 



'. pyxidata Pers. — pyxis, a small box. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



'. densa Pk. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



'. pinnphila Pk. — pine-loving. Pittsford, not tested. 



mucida Pers. — moss like. Rochester, Pittsford, not tested. 



Family VI. — Tremej.lace.e Fr. 

 Sub- family Tremelline.e. 



Tremella Dill. 



Tremo, to tremble. 



284. Tremella mycetophila Pk. Bushnells Basin. Parasitic on Collybia 



dryophila ; edible. It is sometimes so heavy as to weigh the caps 

 to the ground. 



285. T. fuciformis Berk. Monroe Co., not tested. 



