CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS 



whitish, at length stained by the spores, even <>r Btriate above, 

 minutely floccose ;n first, glabrescent, equal or tapering, mor.e or 

 less abruptly bulbous. SPORES elliptic-oval, Bmooth, 6-7.5x I 5 

 inicr.. brownish-cinnamon in mass. BASIDIA 25-26x5-7 micr., 1- 



spored. sterile cells mi edge <»r «, r ills, small, capitate, as iii Qalera. 

 ODOR and TASTE Blightly of radish. 



Singly Or ID small Clusters Ul mushroom Weds, in Mower lieils in 



conservatories, plan i pots, etc. 



In the winter months. Received from green-houses in Michigan; 

 reported from various points in New fork, New Jersey and Massa- 

 chuset is. 



To quote from Dr. Peck, ,- lts babital is peculiar, but ii possibly 

 finds its way Into conservatories and mushroom beds through the 

 introduction of manure or soil or of leafmould from tlm woods. 

 It seems strange thai it lias not been detected growing in the woods 

 or fields." Mcllvaine says. "Several pints of it were collected in 

 February — usually a famine month for the mycophagist. The crop 

 continued well into the spring. They grew on the ground, in beds 



among plants, and With potted plants in a hot house. The species 



is delicate, savory and a most accommodating renegade of its kind." 



This species is not only nnusual in its selection of a place to fruit 



but also departs somewhat from the nsnal generic characters of 



the genus Cortinarius. Its spores are of a peculiar color and in 

 some respects it resembles the genus Bebeloma, ami may yet he re- 

 ferred to that genus. Its development has not been sufficiently 



studied. 



345. Cortinarius albidus Pk. 

 N. V. State Museum, Rep. 1 1. 1891. 

 Illustration: [bid, PI. ::. Pig. I I. 



PILEUS 5-10 cm. broad, convex, then expanded, white OT whitish, 



even, glabrous, with a separable, ris<i<l pellicle, shining when dry. 



PLESB thick, white. GILLS adnexed emar^inale. moderately 



broad, close, thin, whiti "I first, then pale alutaceOUS to cinnamon. 

 edge even. STEM 5-8 cm. long, 8 16 mm. thick, solid, white, fibril- 

 lose from the cortimi, with an oblique, marginate-depressed i>uli>. 

 attached to white mycelium. CORTINA white, copious. SPORES 

 elliptical, scarcely rough, 9-11x5-6.5 micr. ODOR and TASTE 

 mild. 



