REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1901 949 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad; stem 1-2 inches long, 1.5-2 lines thick. 

 Pine woods. Bolton. August. 



Closely related to C. concava from which it may be separ- 

 ated by its much smaller spores and paler color. The decurved 

 margin of the pileus is even, not wavy as in that species. It is 

 also allied to O.cyathiformis and C. expallens, 

 from both of which its smaller spores and deeply umbilicate 

 pileus separate it. It is without any distinctive odor. 



Pleurotus minutus n. sp. 



Pileus minute, reniform or suborbicular, at first resupinate, 

 sometimes becoming reflexed with age, often slightly depressed 

 in the center; flocculose pruinose, white, the margin involute; 

 lamellae unequal, very narrow, distant, decurrent, white or 

 whitish; stem short, eccentric, curved, pruinose, whitish with a 

 white mycelioid tomentum at the base. 



Pileus 1-2 lines broad; stem about 1 line long. Much decayed 

 wood of birch. Near Loon lake. July. 



The very small size, narrow distant decurrent lamellae and 

 pruinose pileus and stem are the prominent characters of this 

 minute species. The specimens are sterile. 



Lactarius foetidus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, nearly plane or centrally depressed, min- 

 utely downy or velvety, pale yellow or buff, becoming brownish 

 where bruised, flesh whitish, milk white, taste mild, odor fetid; 

 lamellae subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, yellowish 

 white, becoming reddish brown where wounded or bruised; stem 

 short, equal, solid, glabrous, whitish; spores broadly elliptic or 

 subglobose, .00024-00032 of an inch long, nearly as broad. 



Pileus 2-3 inches broad; stem 1-2 inches long, 4-6 lines thick. 

 Low damp ground in woods. Snyders, Eensselaer co. August. 



The fetid disagreeable odor and buff color of the pileus are 

 •distinguishing characters of this rare species. The downy sur- 

 face of the dry pileus is soft to the touch, like that of L. 

 vellereus. 



