Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

Repobt of the State Botanist. 53
Poa serotina Ehrh.
( )n dry rocky hillsides near Whitehall is a form having panicles
of comparatively few two-flowered spikelets.
Glyceria nervata Trin.
Woods near Adams. June. This is a leafy form Avith small
green flowers and s])ikelets for which Dr. Vasey suggests the
name var. parviHora.
Glyceria grandis Wats.
Whitehall. July. A form with green spikelets. It grew in
the shade.
Aspidium spinulosum Sw.
The typical form of this fern is said to be rare in this country.
It is very abundant near the top of Blue mountain. August.
Lygodium palinatum Sio.
McDonough, Chenango county. Mrs. D. B. Fitch. Tliis is the
second station in which this fern has been found in our State.
Botrychium ternatum Sin.
A IcoN'c. Shear. A singular form with two fertile fronds.
Amanita muscaria L. var. alba Pk.
This variety is common about Alcove. Shear. It also occurs
on Long Island in two forms, the normal one and a smaller one
in which the warts of the pileus are evanescent or wanting. Not
infrequently it makes a close approach to white forms of A.
pautherina, in having the u])j)er part of the bulb uniformity mar-
gined by the remains of tlie definitely circumscissile volva, but
this margin is more acute than in that species.
Armillaria mellea Vahl.
There seems to be no end to the variations of this most poly-
morphous species. A well marked variety, var. hulhosa, has the
stem rather short and terminating below in a large bulb. Two