Agaricaceae 



(Plate VI.) 



Canthareiius. The stem is small, smooth and usually rather short. It is generally 

 solid, but in the original description it is characterized as stuffed. The 

 cap is 8 to 1 8 lines broad; the stem 6 to 12 lines long and i to 3 

 broad. It grows gregariously in thin woods and open places and may 

 be found from July to September. It sometimes occurs in great abun- 

 dance, which adds to its importance as an edible species. The fresh 

 plant has a tardily and slightly acrid flavor, but this disappears in cook- 

 ing. In Epicrisis, Fries referred this species to the genus Hygrophor- 

 us, and in Sylloge also it is placed in that genus, but it is a true Can- 

 thareiius and belongs in the genus in which Schweinitz placed it. Peck, 

 52d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Cortinarius. Coi'tinai'IllS COlTUgatllS Pk. Corrugated Cortinarius. (Plate VI.) 

 PileilS fleshy, broadly campanulate or very convex, viscid when moist, 



coarsely corrugated, bright-yellow, 

 reddish-yellow, tawny or ochraceous. 

 Flesh white. Lamellae close, pallid 

 when young, becoming tawny with 

 age. Stem rather long, equal, hol- 

 low, bulbous, pallid or yellowish, the 

 bulb viscid and usually colored like 

 the pileus. Spores broadly elliptical, 

 rough, ii i6/x long, 8 io/x broad. 



The corrugated Cortinarius is a well- 

 marked and easily-recognized species, 

 quite distinct from its allies. Although 

 the color of the pileus is variable, its 

 viscid, corrugated surface and the vis- 

 cid bulb of the stem afford distinct- 

 ive and easily-recognized characters. 

 Sometimes the corrugations or wrin- 

 kles anastomose with each other in 

 such a way as to give a reticulated 

 appearance. The color varies from 

 yellow to reddish-tawny or reddish- 



CORTINARIUS CORRUGATUS PK. . . . 



About two-thirds nat. size. After Peck, ochraceous. The margin in young 



plants is incurved. 



There is a variety in which the cap is adorned with darker-colored 



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