112 TWENTY-THIRD REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 
Subgenus — Hygrocybe. 
Pileus hygrophanous; stem distinct from the fibrillose veil, 
hence neither annulate nor floccose-squamulose.—Berk. Outl. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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20. CORTINARIUS CASTANEuS Bull. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate or convex, then expanded, 
dark chestnut-color when moist, paler when dry; lamelle 
rather broad, violet-tinged, then cinnamon, stipe fibrillose, 
stuffed or hollow, lilac-tinged at the top, white below. 
Height 2-3’, breadth of pileus 1’—-2’, stipe 3’—4” thick. 
Ground under spruce and balsam trees. Catskill Mountains. 
October. Edible. 
21. CORTINARIUS VERNALIS 7. Sp. 
Pileus thin, hemispherical or convex, then more or less 
expanded, smooth or at first clothed with a few silky fibrils, 
pale watery cinnamon when moist, nearly white or yellowish- 
white when dry; lamelle rather close, tapering toward the 
outer extremity, very slightly emarginate, pale cinnamon ; 
stipe subconcolorous, smooth, slender, hollow, easily splitting. 
Height 11.5’, breadth of pileus 6’-12”, stipe 1” thick. 
Wet ground in pastures. Helderberg Mountains. May. In 
very wet ground the margin of the pileus becomes recurved. 
The spores are ochraceous. 
Genus — HYGROPHORUS /Z”. 
Hymenophorum continuous with the stem, and descending 
without change into the sharp-edged gills ; hymenium waxy.. 
—Berk. Outl. 
The pileus is viscid or moist ; the lamelle are generally distant 
and decurrent, of a waxy nature and with a watery juice. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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