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the margin of the pileus, leaving the stem without an annulus. Were 
it not for the rusty tint to the spores such specimens might easily be 
referred to the genus Hypholoma. 
Lactarius aquifluus Pk. 
This plant is sometimes csespitose. The pileus when dry is tawny- 
gray and squamulose or rimulose-squamulose. The margin may be 
even or coarsely sulcate-striate. The flesh is grayish or reddish-gray. 
The color of the lamellae varies from creamy-white to tawny-yellow. 
The stem often has a conspicuous white mycelioid tomentum at its 
base. I have never found this plant with a white or milky juice, and 
therefore I am disposed to regard it not as a variety of L. helvus, but 
as a distinct species. Its mild taste and agreeable odor suggested a 
trial of its edible qualities. It is harmless, but the lack of flavor in¬ 
duces me to omit it from the list of edible species. 
Galera tenera Schceff. 
A notable form of this species was found growing in an old stable 
of an abandoned lumber camp. The plants were large, the pileus in 
some being more than an inch broad, the stems were three to six 
inches long and the color was ferruginous as in G. ovalis, to which 
the plants might be referred but for the large spores. Essex county. 
July. I have labeled the specimens variety obscurior. 
Cortinarius violaceus Fr . 
Minerva, Essex county. A form of this species occurs here, hav¬ 
ing the pileus merely downy or punctate-hairy under a lens, no 
squamules being distinguishable by the naked eye. July. 
Panseolus retirugis elongatus n. vat. 
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Pileus grayish-brown, i to 1.5 in. broad; stem straight, 5 to 7 in. 
long. 
Growing with Galera tenera obscurior in an old stable of an aban¬ 
doned lumber camp, near Minerva, Essex county. July. 
The stems were often coated toward the base with a grayish-white 
tomentum. 
