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and gradually narrowed toward the very obtuse apex. This and 
the preceding species are described from dried specimens, they 
being respectively taken at the time of collecting for forms of 
C. atramentarius and C. silvaticus. 
Cortinarius (Myxactum) spHarosporvs Peck. 
Pileus convex, smooth, very viscid, pale ochraceous; lamellze 
close, nearly plane, slightly emarginate, whitish, then cinnamon; 
stem tapering upward, solid, floccose, viscid, subconcolorous, white 
at the top; flesh white; spores nearly globose, about .0003 in. 
in diameter. : 
Plant 2-4’ high, pileus 2-3’ broad, stem 3’—5” thick. 
Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 
Cortinarius (PaHiEa@Mactum) tonaiers Peck. 
Pileus convex or expanded, slightly fibrillose, viscid, yellowish 
or pale ochraceous ; lamellze close, plane, brownish-olivaceous, then 
cinnamon ; stem long, slightly fibrillose, tapering upwards, whitish. 
Plant 6’ high, pileus 2-3’ broad, stem 4” thick. 
Ground in wocds. Croghan. September. 
CorTINARIUS CLARICOLOR 7. 
Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 
CorTINARIUS PORPHYROPUS A. & WN. 
Ground in woods. Copake. October. 
This plant is readily known by the purplish or lilac tints it 
assumes where bruised or wounded. 
Cortinarius (INotoma) Linactnus Peck. / 
Pileus firm, hemispherical, then convex, minutely silky, lilac 
color; lamelle close, lilac, then cinnamon; stem stout, bulbous, 
silky-fibrillose, solid, whitish, tinged with lilac; spores nucleate, 
.0004 x .00025 in. 
Plant 4—5' high, pileus 3’ broad, stem 4’—6” thick. 
Low mossy ground in woods. Croghan. September. 
This is a rare but beautiful plant, allied to C. alboviolaceus, from 
which it may be distinguished by its stouter habit, deeper color 
and bulbous stem. In the young plant the bulb is much broader 
than the undeveloped pileus that surmounts it. 
Cortinarius ([yotoma) OLInToNIANUS Peck. 
Pileus convex or expanded, with a few appressed silky fibrils, 
reddish-brown, more or less tinged with gray; lamellee close, dull- 
