19151 Kew Fungi at Asheville 14-0 



Inocybe corydalina Quel. 



This is one of our most interesting species of Inocybe. 

 The pileus is white and of good size (3-7 cm. broad). It 

 becomes more or less brown with age. The gills are pure 

 white, then cinnamon, and the spores smooth. The flesh is 

 white and becomes red when cut, especially in young plants. 

 It has a peculiar odor which is very pronounced. Those to 

 whom I have submitted it here compare the odor to that of 

 Sandal Wood. This species seems to be closely related to 

 /. pyriodora and as a matter of fact my plants seem to have 

 part of the characters ascribed to both species, the reddening 

 of the flesh is more suggestive of I. pyriodora than of I. cory- 

 dalina but the odor is not at all that of fruit. Bresadola has 

 seen and verified my specimens. 



Hygrophorus calyptraeformis B. and Br. 



Of all our Hygrophori this is the most attractive species. 

 T find it in on]}' one station. It is a beautiful rose pink in 

 color and the thin pileus is acutely umbonate and split into 

 recurved lobes. It is exactly in accord with Cook's figure. 

 It is so striking that it must be rare as I find no record of 

 its occurrence. 



Two species of Crepidotus, C. calolepis Fr. and C. mollis 

 Fr., are also not rare at Asheville. These are usually re- 

 ferred to C. fulvotomentosus Pk. and C. haerens Pk. The 

 original description of C. calolepis does not well fit our plant, 

 which accounts for the failure to recognize it. 



It may be said, however, that the discrepancies are just 

 as marked in the case of the Swedish plant. I found in 1905 

 abundant material of Frie's species in one of his old collecting 

 grounds in Sweden and found it identical with our own plant. 

 The same may be said of C. mollis. This species is viscid 

 and has a peculiar gelatinous context, and a separable cuticle. 

 Both our plant and those found in Sweden have these pe- 

 culiarities and seem not to be different in any essential char- 

 acter. One who has seen both growing will have little doubt 

 that our plant is the same as Fries' species. 



Asheville, N. C. 



