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viscid. The edge of the lamelle, too, is entire, not serrated, 
as described. These facts show it to be not only an aberrant 
species, but also a variable one. The annulus shows its 
relation to the subgenus Pholiota, in which it was formerly 
placed. The character and color of the pileus and the obscure 
transverse striations of the lamelle indicate its relation to the 
following species. 
Subgenus — Myxacium. 
Universal veil, and consequently the stem, viscid and polished 
when dry.—Berk. Outl. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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5. CORTINARIUS COLLINITUS /7. 
Pileus fleshy, rather thin except the disk, subcampanulate, 
then convex, obtuse or broadly umbonate, generally longitudi- 
nally rugose-wrinkled, very viscid or glutinous, bright tawny- 
yellow, shining; lamelle slightly emarginate, whitish, then 
pale cinnamon ; stipe stout, equal, solid, viscid, white, smooth 
or at length scaly from the cracking of the viscid covering 
when dry. 
Height 3’—5’, breadth of pileus 2’—3’, stipe 4’ 6” thick. 
Ground in woods. Sandlake and Catskill Mountains. Sep- 
tember and October. 
Plant sometimes czespitose. 
6. CORTINARIUS TRICOLOR %. Sp. 
Pileus convex, smooth, yellow; lamelle rather close, 
attached, emarginate, whitish, slightly violet-tinged, then 
pale cinnamon; stipe equal, bulbous, white, tinged with 
violet at the top. | 
Height 2’—3’, breadth of pileus 1.5’-2’, stipe 3-4” thick. 
Sandy soil. Center. October. 
Subgenus — Inoloma. 
Pileus fleshy, dry, at first silky with scales or innate fibres, 
not hygrophanous ; stem bulbous.—Serk. Oudd. 
The bulbous or enlarged base of the stem in many species 
gradually tapers upward so that the stem becomes somewhat 
conical, or obclavate. 
