Agaricacese 



Cortinarius. Odor of radish. A very striking species. From the pileus not being 

 hygrophanous, at the first smooth and at length torn into fibrils or 

 squamulose, it might easily be taken for a species-of Inoloma. The 

 cortina itself is paler than the zones. It differs from all others in these 

 zones. The rings are usually somewhat oblique. Fries. 



Professor Peck in the 23d Rep. N. Y. State Cab. Nat. Hist., describes 

 the American species as follows : 



"PileilS fleshy, thick, convex or subcampanulate, then expanded, 

 minutely squamulose, yellowish-red. Lamellae not close, broad, slightly 

 emarginate, whitish-ochraceous, then cinnamon. Stipe stout, solid, 

 fibrillose, whitish, girt with one to four red bands, bulbous. 



"Height 4-6 in., breadth of pileus 2-4 in., stipe 4-8 in. thick. 



"Woods. North Elba. August. 



"A large and noble species. The margin of the pileus is thin and 

 sometimes uneven ; the upper band on the stem is usually the brightest 

 and most regular. The pileus is not distinctly hygrophanous." 



Spores iox6ju, Cooke. 



Edible. Cookc. 



September 8, 1897, Mr. E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., sent me 

 several specimens new to me and remarkable in having two well-defined 

 veils, the lower and thicker one of which left a dark zone upon the 

 stem, the upper, fibrillose, was more persistent, but left a fainter im- 

 pression. These veils are not mentioned in Professor Peck's description 

 of the American species, but are prominently noted in that of Fries, as 

 above. In a very young specimen both veils were present. Cap light 

 brown, minutely squamulose, with a few small red spots; margin thin, 

 involute, flesh thick, yellowish, firm; gills distant, rounded behind, 

 slightly emarginate, alternate ones short, light brown inclined to cinereous 

 on edge. 



Spores brown. Small young specimens did not show bulbous stem 

 as distinct as larger and older ones. 



I afterward found several specimens at Mr. Gretna, Pa., September 

 and October, 1897. 



The flesh is excellent, closely resembling Pholiota subsquarrosa. 

 The species seems to be rare. If found in quantity it will prove one of 

 our very best edibles. 



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