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thickened or bulbous base, silky-fibrillose, whitish; spores .0004 to 
.0005 in. long, .0003 broad. 
Pileus 1 to 3 in. broad; stem 2 to 3 in. long, 3 to 6 lines thick. 
Mossy ground under balsam trees. Wittenberg mountain. 
September. 
The fibrils of the pileus are similar to those of C. paleaceus, but the 
plant is much larger and stouter, and the spores are larger than in 
that species. It is well marked by its grayish color. 
Cortinarius badius, ». sp. 
Pileus thin, at first conical, then convex or broadly campanulate, 
umbonate, hygrophanous, blackish-chestnut color when moist, bay-red 
or chestnut color when dry, sometimes tinged with gray, the umbo 
darker, usually whitish-silky on the margin when young, flesh, when 
moist, colored like the pileus; lamelle broad, subdistant, ventricose, 
adnexed, at first yellowish or cream-color, then subochraceous ; stem 
slender, equal, hollow, silky-fibrillose and subannulate by the whitish 
veil, when old colored like the pileus both without and within; spores 
.0005 in. long, .0003 broad. . 
Pileus 8 to 12 lines broad; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, about 1 line thick. 
Mossy ground. Catskill mountains. September. 
The species is related to C. nigrellus, from which it differs in its 
broad lamellz which are paler in the young plant and in its larger 
spores. 
| Cortinarius subflexipes, 2. sp. 
Pileus thin, conical, then expanded and subacutely umbonate, 
hygrophanous, blackish-brown with the thin margin whitened by the 
veil when moist, subochraceous when dry; lamelle thin, close, ventri- 
cose, adnexed, at first reddish-violaceous, then cinnamon; stem equal, 
flexuous, silky, shining, subannulate by the whitish veil, pale 
violaceous when young, pallid or reddish when old; spores .00024 to 
.0003 in. long; .0002 broad. 
Pileus 6 to 10 lines broad; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, about 1 line thick. 
Thin woods. Catskill mountains. September. 
Apparently related to C. /lexipes, from which I have separated it 
because of its more glabrous pileus and different lamellae. It and the 
two preceding species are referred to the tribe Telamonia. 
Cortinarius paleaceus, /7. 
Mossy or bare ground in open places. Catskill mountains. Sep- 
tember. 
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