GILL FUNGI 



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Cortinarius ochroleucus Tan Cortinarius 



Cap 2-7 cm. wide, creaiii-colored to dark tan. dry, hairy or finely scaly, often 

 smooth in age, convex to plane; stem 6-8 cm. by 1 cm., tan, smooth, bulbous, 

 tapering upward, solid or liollow; gills sinuate, ocher ; spores yellow, elliptic, 

 8 X 4-5/x. The nanu' refers to the colc^r. 



On the ground in woods, late summer and autumn; probably edible. 



CKEPIDOTUS 



Distinguished among ocher-spored forms by the lateral or absent stem. It 

 corresponds witli P 1 c u r o t u s and C 1 a u d o p u s. The species grow on wood, 

 and so far as known are edible. The name means slipper-like. 



Figure 40. Cortinarius ochroleucus 



Key to the Species 



1 . Cap inverted, pure white, silky 



2. Cap usually shelf-like, grayish, smooth 



C. versutus 

 C. mollis 



Crepidotus versutus White Crepidotus 



Cap 9-20 mm. wide, inverted, more rarely shelf-like, pure white on the back, 

 densely and finely silky, kidney-shaped or rounded ; gills rounded at the back, rust- 

 colored, rather distant; spores rust-colored, ellipsoid, 8-10 X 4-6jti. The name 

 refers to the inverted cap. 



Rather common on rotting logs and twigs, summer and autumn ; probably edible, 

 but not tested by the writer. 



