THB RUSTY-SPORED AGARICS 291 



TRIBE I. PHLEGMACIUM. 



Cortinarius purpurascens. Fr. 

 The; Purplish Cortinarius. Edible;. 



Purpurascens means becoming purple or purplish ; so named because the 

 blue gills become purple when bruised. 



The pileus is four to five inches broad, bay-brown, viscid, compact, wavy, 

 spotted when old ; often depressed at the margin, sometimes bending back ; the 

 flesh blue. 



The gills are broadly notched, crowded, bluish-tan, then cinnamon-color, be- 

 coming purplish when bruised. 



The stem is solid, bulbous, clothed with small fibres, blue, very compact, juicy ; 

 becoming purplish when rubbed. The spores are elliptical, 10-12x5-6^. 



This is one of the delicious mushrooms to eat, the stem cooking tender as 

 readily as the caps. I found it in Tolerton's woods, Salem, Ohio, and in Poke 

 Hollow near Chillicothe. September to November. 



Cortinarius turmalis. Fr. 

 The; Ylllow-Tan Cortinarius. Edible;. 



Turmalis means of or belonging to a troop or a squadron, turma ; so called 

 because occurring in groups, and not solitary. 



The pileus is two to four inches broad, viscid when wet, ochraceous-yellow, 

 smooth, discoid, flesh soft; veil extending from the margin of the cap to the stem 

 in delicate arachnoid threads, best seen in young plants. 



The gills are emarginate, decurrent, depending upon the age of the plant ; 

 crowded, somewhat serrated, whitish at first, then brownish-ochraceous-yellow. 

 The remnants of the veil will usually show above the middle of the stem as a zone 

 of minute striae, darker than the stem. 



I found specimens on Cemetery Hill under pine trees. September to 

 November. 



Cortinarius olivaceo-stramineus. Kauff. n. Sp. 



Olivaceo-stramineus means an olive straw-color. 



Pileus 4-7 cm. broad, viscid from a glutinous cuticle, broadly convex, slightly 

 depressed in the center when expanded ; margin incurved for some time ; pale- 

 yellow with an olivaceous tinge, slightly rufous-tinged when old ; smooth or 



