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of deciduous trees in or near woods. The)' may be found from September 

 to November. It is well to peel the caps before cooking. This species is 

 not classed as edible by European authors, but 1 find its flavor agreeable 

 and its substance digestible and harmless. The most closely related species 

 is the lemon yellow pholiota, P hoi iota limonella. It is a smaller 

 plant with a thinner, more expanded cap and with tin- gills of the young 

 plant whitish instead ol yellow. The color of the cap and stem is also a 

 paler yellow. Its habitat and mode of growth are the same as those of the 

 fat pholiota, but the plant is rare. 



Cortinarius corrugatus /'/■. 

 Corrugated Cortinarius 



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Pileus 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, hollow, bulbous, pallid or yellowish, the bulb viscid 

 and usually colored like the pileus ; spores broadly elliptic, rough, .00045 

 to .00055 °f an ' ncn l° n & -0003 to .0004 broad. 



The corrugated cortinarius is a well marked and easily recognized 

 species, quite distinct from its allies. Though the color of the pileus is 

 variable, its viscid, corrugated surface and the viscid bulb of the stem afford 

 distinctive and easily recognized characters. Sometimes the corrugations or 

 wrinkles anastomose with each other in such a way as to give a reticulated 

 appearance. The color varies from yellow to reddish tawny or reddish 

 ochraceous. The margin in young plants is incurved. 



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

 or scales. This bears the name, variety subsquamosus. In all other 

 respects it is like the typical form of the species. 



The gills are closely placed side by side. They are at first of a pale hue 

 but assume a darker and more definite tawny color with age. They are 

 usually minutely uneven or eroded on the edge and transversely striate on 

 the sides. They are slightly narrowed toward the stem. 



The stem is generally a little longer than the width of the cap. It is 

 commonly smooth, but sometimes sprinkled near the top with minute, yel- 



