Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

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Report of the State Botanist.
Hygrophorus metapodius Pr.
Woods. Shokan. September. Our specimens were not at all vis-
cid, nor did wounds of the flesh and lamellae turn red, but in other
respects they correspond so well to the figure and description
of this species that we dare not separate them.
Russula adusta Fr.
Sandy soil in pine woods. Delmar. September.
Closely allied to R. nigricans^ but differing in its thinner, closer
and more decurrent lamellae, which do not assume a reddish color
where wounded. The specimens are commonly smaller than
either R. nigrica7is or R. sordida, and they are less disposed to
turn black in drying.
Merulius Corium Fr.
Decorticated wood of deciduous trees. Boiceville, Ulster
county. September.
In our specimens the plants are wholly resupinate, slightly
reflexed, or they have a well developed pileus. In this case the
pileus is villous, concentrically sulcate and white. The hymenium
also is somewhat concentrically sulcate. European authors
do not agree in their descriptions of the size and shape of the
spores of this species. In our specimens they are oblong or
lanceolate, .0003 in. long, .00012 broad.
Merulius serpens Tode.
Decaying wood and branches. Lake Pleasant. August.
Odontia lateritia B. ch C.
Interior of prostrate much-decayed trunks of deciduous trees,
apparently birch, chestnut and oak. Fulton Chain. August.
Shokan. September.
Under their description of this species, Berkeley and Curtis
remark that Phlehia hydnoideu Schweinitz is apparently the same
thing. So' far as our specimens are concerned Schweinitz's
description is far more complete and satisfactory than that of
Berkely and Curtis, although the fungus is more closely allied to
Odontia than to Phlebia. It forms extensive patches, creeping over
the surface and following the inequalities of the wood. Although
the substance is quite thick it is not separable from the matrix.