August, 1906. 



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CoRTiNARius OLivACEO-sTRAMiNEUs Kauffman n. sp. — Pileus 4-7 cm. 

 broad, viscid from a gelatinous cuticle, broadly convex, slightly depressed 

 in the centre when exparded, margin incurved for some time, pale 

 sirazi'-yellozv ivitli an olk'accuus tinge, slightly rufous-tinged when old, 

 smooth or silky-tibrillose, disk sometimes covered with minute squamules, 

 shieds of the partial veil attached to the margin when expanded. Flesh 

 zrry thick, becoming abruptly thin toward the margin, white, dingy-yel- 

 lowish in age, soon soft and spongy. Gills rather narrow, 7 mm. broad, 

 sinuate-adnexed, whitish r.t F.rst, then pale cimamon, crowded, edge ser- 

 ratulate and paler. Stem 6-8 cm. long, 5-12 mm. thick, with a slight 

 bulb when young, from whose margin arises the dense partial veil; white 

 and .very pruirate above the veil, v. liich remains as dingy fibrils stained by 

 the spores, spongy and soft within, becoming somewhat hollow. Veil 

 white with an olive tinge. Spores 10-12 x 5.5-6.5 m'ic, granular within, 

 ahr.ost smooth. Oder ar reenble. 



To be placed under the division "scci:nis". where it comes near C. 

 h.rpcticus 1-r., but the £i!ls when younr rre i ever violet-tinged. 



Fig. 197. My-ce'na ga-ler-ic-u-la'-t.\. Little plants that grow on rotten wood 

 in shadv, nioi.st places; common and abundant throughout the season. .Said to be 

 (fiihk-. 



