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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



TRIBE III. INOLOMA. 



Cortinarius autumnalis. Pk. 



The; Fall Cortinarius. Edible. 



Autumnalis pertaining- to fall. The pileus is fleshy, convex or expanded, dull 

 rusty-yellow, variegated, or streaked with innate rust-colored fibrils. 

 The gills are rather broad, with a wide, shallow emargination. 



FIGURE 236. Cortinarius autumnalis. Two-thirds natural size. Cap a dull 

 rusty-yellow, also showing bulbous stem. 



The stem is equal, solid, firm, bulbous, a little paler than the 

 pileus. 



The height is three to four inches, breadth of pileus two to four inches. 

 Peck. 



The plant was named by Dr. Peck because it was found late in the fall. I 

 found the plant on several occasions in September, 1905. It grew very sparingly 

 in a mixed woods on a north hillside. 



