1914] Davis, Fleshy Fungi of Stow, Massachusetts,— II 49 
In November, 1911, I found numerous and fine specimens of 
Cortinarius pholideus Fr. With my determination Dr. Kauffman 
our American specialist on this genus, agreed. It has not appeared 
since. I found it on high land under pines. It is distinctive because 
of its fawn colored pileus, which with the stem is squarrose with fuligin- 
ous-blackish scales. In the same piece of woods I found in October 
last fine plants of C. duracinus Fr. as they seemed to me. Upon 
sending them to Dr. Kauffman he reported, “The Cortinarius dura- 
cinus Fr. may be correct. I still have uncertainities as to what the 
genuine one is. In any case it agrees better with the Friesian species 
than the variety of it which occurs here (as well as in Sweden)." This 
opinion exhibits the professor's good judgment and careful study of 
this intricate genus. I consider this species remarkable because no 
trace of a fibrillose cortina has been observed in any stage of its growth. 
Such cortina as it has appears only as a silky narrow white zone 
around the very margin of the pileus. See Stevenson, British Fungi, 
Nol TD 
In October 1911, Hygrophorus morrisii Pk. was very common and 
very variable in size. I find it always under pines. It bears a very 
strong resemblance to H. pustulatus Fr., as noted by Dr. Peck, but is 
distinguished by the characters named by him. See Bull. Torrey 
Botanical Club, Vol. 26, p. 64. 1899. It was not seen during 1912 and 
1913. In the summer of 1912, I found many specimens, very large and 
very small, very light and very dark, of Hyrophorus nitratus Fr. I found 
it by the roadside out of the shade, in the depths of a swamp entirely 
in the shade, and in situations where the sun reached it for a few hours 
of each day. The strong nitrous odor was always present. "Very 
changeable in stature according to locality,’ remarks Stevenson, 
Vol. 2, p. 91. During August of 1912 and 1913, I found a few speci- 
mens of Hygrophorus peckianus Howe, a curious plant on account of 
its change of color; when young and moist it is almost exactly the 
color of Lactarius fuliginosus Fr.; when dry and passé it is avellaneous 
and opaque. It recalls small faded specimens of Laccaria laccata. 
I have never detected any odor such as Howe noticed. 
Of all agarics I have ever found the vilest in smell was one I collected 
in August, 1912, in a swamp and under a very large white oak. I 
consider it was Clitocybe amara Fr. or very near that species. The 
taste was very bitter and the odor disgusting and persisting for two 
days but fortunately it was not volatile. I regret that I have but one 
