1915] 'New Fungi at Asheville 147 



Cortinarius robustus sp. nov. 



Pileiis as much as 14 cm. broad, very solid and firm, dull 

 date brown, the paler margin thinner and inflexed, becoming 

 expanded with maturity, viscid when moist, flesh firm, blue 

 when moist, becoming white in drying. 



Gills at first violaceous, then pallid, finally cinnamon, 

 the violaceous tint persisting under the inflexed margin, 

 adnate, irregular on the margin. 



Stipe solid, firm, rather short, slightly violaceous, fibril- 

 lose to the point where the incurved pileus touches it, pub- 

 escent above that. 



Spores 9-10 mc. long. 



This is the largest and firmest species of Cortinarius that 

 T find at Asheville. It belongs to Phlegmacium but seems 

 distinct. I find it in large colonies under oaks. The stipe 

 is only slightly bulbous in my specimens and never margi- 

 nate. 



The Carolina Cortinarii are quite numerous and very 

 perplexing. Many of Peck's New York species occur in our 

 mountains, along with some species which appear to be rare 

 farther north. Cortinarius balteatus, of which I find no rec- 

 ord in the United States, occurs with us occasionally, and is 

 one of our finest species. 



Boletus carolinensis sp. nov. 



Pileus bright golden yellow, 5-8 cm. broad, viscid, 

 staining the hands yellow, hemispherical, then expanded, and 

 sometimes depressed at the center, margin thin, at first in- 

 curved. 



Tubes at first white or nearly so, then yellow flesh color, 

 mouths round, thickly covered with yellow glandular drops, 

 which give them a yellow color. 



Stipe colored like the pileus, but a little lighter, viscid, 

 pruinose under a lens, often tapering downward, sometimes 

 becoming hollow. 



