Agaricaceae 



Cortinarius. cooks tender, but does not equal the cap. 

 it is found in the autumn until frost kills it. 



Like most of the Cortinarii 



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Gills pinkish-brown then cinnamon. 



(Plate LXXXVI.) 



C. squamulo'sus Pk. (Plate LXXXII, fig. i, p. 306.). Pileus 



thick, fleshy, convex, densely fibril- 

 lose -squamulose, cinnamon -brown, 

 the scales darker. Lamellae not 

 crowded, deeply emarginate, pale 

 pinkish-brown, then cinnamon-col- 

 ored. Stipe thick, solid, shreddy, 

 subsquamulose, concolorous, swollen 

 at the base into a very large tapering 

 or subventricose bulb. 



Height 4-6 in., breadth of pileus 

 2-4 in. , stipe 6-9 lines thick at the 

 top, 12-18 lines at the bottom. 



Borders of swamps in woods. 

 Sandlake. August. 



Related to C. pholideus and C. 

 arenatus, but distinct by the deep 



CORTINARIUS SQUAMULOSUS. 



emargination of the lamellae. It gives out a strong odor while drying. 

 The color of the flesh is pinkish-white. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. 



This species was discovered in 1869, and had not since been observed 

 by the writer until the past season. It is manifestly a species of rare 

 occurrence. Peck, 28th Rep. 



Massachusetts, Frost; Wisconsin, Minnesota. Ranges from New 

 England to Kentucky unchanged. Morgan. 



Specimens from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., September, 1897. 

 Asylum grounds. Several found at Mt. Gretna, August and Septem- 

 ber, 1897. Solitary in oak woods, gravelly soil. Mcllvaine. Sent to 

 Professor Peck and identified. Specimens were much darker than Pro- 

 fessor Peck's plates. 



C. squamulosus is not attractive in appearance. The caps, only, are 

 edible. Their consistency is very pleasant and flavor fairly good. 



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