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Boletus chrysenteron deformatus n. var. 



Pileus small, scarcely more than an inch or an inch and a half 

 broad, very irregular, brick red or tawny red ; stem very short, 

 often irregular, ventricose or tapering downward. 



Bare earth on sloping banks by roadside. Bolton. August. 

 The stem is but little longer than broad, and the pileus scarcely 

 rises above the surface of the earth. 



Cyclomyces greenii Berk. 

 In 1872 a single specimen of this rare fungus was found in 

 Sterling, Cayuga co. A second specimen of it was found in 

 September of the present year near Bolton, Warren co. This 

 specimen is peculiar in having two stems but one pileus. 



Mucronella minutissima conferta n. var. 



Aculei very numerous, crowded and forming continuous 

 patches. Otherwise as in the typical form. Decaying wood of 

 birch, Betula lute a. Near Loon lake. July. 



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EDIBLE FUNGI 



Tricholoma russula (Schaeff.) Fr. 



REDDISH TRIGHOI/OMA 



PLATE 77, FIG. 1-5 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex becoming nearly plane or some- 

 times concave above by the elevation of the margin, viscid when 

 moist, often minutely squamulose spotted in the center, slightly 

 floccose pruinose on the margin when young, pale pink or rosy 

 red, flesh white, taste mild; lamellae thin, moderately close, 

 slightly rounded behind, white usually becoming reddish spotted 

 with age or where wounded; stem firm, solid, white, often with 

 reddish stains toward the base; spores white, .00025-0003 of an 

 inch long, .00016 broad. 



The reddish tricholoma is a pretty mushroom. Its cap with 

 us is usually a pale pink or rosy red, though the European plant 

 is sometimes figured with a much brighter color and the typical 

 form is described by Schaeffer as pale purple. He also describes 

 and figures his plant as having the cap finely punctate or dotted^ 



