Pileus densely squamulose 
108 TWENTY-THIRD REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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7. CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS JL. 
Pileus fleshy, even, convex, rough with numerous small 
hairy scales, dark violet-color; lamelle loose, thick, rather 
broad, violet, then brownish-cinnamon ; stipe equal or slightly 
tapering upward, solid, slightly striate-fibrillose, bulbous, 
violet. 
Height 3’—5’, breadth of pileus 2’—3’, stipe 3’—5” thick. 
Ground in woods. Adirondack Mountains. August. 
A pretty species. The flesh is pale violet color. Edible. 
CoORTINARIUS SQUAMULOSUS 2. Sp. 
Pileus thick, fleshy, convex, densely fibrillose-squamulose, 
cinnamon-brown, the scales darker; lamelle not crowded, 
deeply emarginate, pale pinkish-brown, then cinnamon-col- 
ored ; stipe thick, solid, shreddy, subsquamulose, concolorous, 
swollen at the base into a very large tapering or subventricose 
bulb. 
Height 4'—-6’, breadth of pileus 2’ 4’, stipe 6’—9” thick at the 
top, 12-18” at the bottom. 
Borders of swamps in woods. Sandlake. August. 
Related to C. pholideus and C. arenatus, but. distinct by 
the deep emargination of the lamelle. It gives out a strong 
odor while drying. The color of the flesh is pinkish-white. 
(Plate 3, figs. 1-3.) 
CORTINARIUS ARGENTATUS J’. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, smooth, bluish-lilac 
or pale violet, the margin at first silky, then whitish ; lamelle 
rather close, whitish, then cinnamon-color ; stipe short, thick, 
solid, somewhat bulbous, easily splitting, whitish. 
Height 2’-3’, breadth of pileus 2’— 4’, stipe 6’—10” thick. 
Ground in woods. Bethlehem and Knowersville. Sep- 
tember. 
It has a strong odor not unlike that of chestnut blossoms. 
The lamelle are sometimes serrated. 
