red or yellow or both in spots, turning up in age, seldom depressed; 
lamellae very white, almost free, not forked or dimidiate, becoming 
brown when bruised or dry; stem solid, white, even, smooth; flesh at 
first white, then brownish. 77 —Frost. 
“Pileus 3-5 inches (7.5-12.5 centimeters) broad, fleshy, compact, con¬ 
vex or centrally depressed, whitish, sometimes tinged w 7 ith red or yel¬ 
low, becoming reddish-alutinaceous or dingy-ochraceous with age, the 
margin thin, even, incurved when young. Gills rather broad, sub- 
distant, nearly free, some of them forked, a few dimidiate, white, becom¬ 
ing brown with age or where bruised. Stem 2-4 inches (5-10 centi¬ 
meters) long, §-l inch (16-24 mm ) thick, short, equal, firm, solid, white, 
changing color like the pileus; spores subglobose, nearly even, .00035 
inch (9 jj) in diameter. 
“Open woods. Sandlake and Brewerton. August and September. 
“ The late Mr. 0. C. Frost sent me specimens and manuscript descrip¬ 
tions of a few species of fungi collected by him in Vermont, lie gave 
names to those which he considered new species, and it gives me.pleas¬ 
ure to adopt his names whenever it is rendered possible by the discovery 
of the species within our limits. The plant here described does not 
fully agree with his manuscript description, which I have quoted, but it 
approaches so near an agreement that there can not be much doubt of 
the specific identity of the two plants. In our plant the pileus is some¬ 
times split on the margin. The change in the color of the pileus and 
stem is nearly the same, but the lamellae sometimes becomes darker 
than either. When drying, the specimens emit a strong and very disa¬ 
greeable odor. 77 —Peck. Massachusetts, Frost. 
II. FURCAT^E. 
6 . “B, olivascens, Fr. Ilyin. Eur., p. 441; Sacc. Syll., p. 456. Pileus 
everywhere fleshy, expanded, umbilicate, olivaceous , the dish becoming 
yellow , margin even. Stem firm, even, pure white. Gills attenuated 
behind, crowded, almost equal, white , becoming yellounsh. In frondose 
groves. This noble species should from its habit be placed among 
the Furcates , but the gills are more rarely forked and their form ap¬ 
proaches that of the Fragiles. In several respects it agrees with the 
Compactce. v —Fr. 
Spores ochraceous. 8-10 by 6-8//. Sacc. Syll. New York, in woods. 
7. “B. furcata, (Pers.) Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 441; Stev., B. F., p. 116; 
Sacc. Syll., p. 456. Pileus about 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) broad, some¬ 
times airuginous-greenish, sometimes umber-greenish, fleshy, compact, 
gibbous, then piano-depressed or infundibuliform, even, smooth, but 
often sprinkled with slightly silly luster , pellicle here and there separable, 
margin thin, at first iuflexed, then spreading, always even; flesh firm, 
somewhat cheesy, white. Stem 2 inches (5 centimeters) or a little more 
long, solid, firm, equal or attenuated .downwards, even, white. Gills 
adnate-decurrent , rather thick , somewhat distant but broad, attenuated 
