296 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Cortinarius lilac in us. Pk. 

 The Lilac-Colored Cortin arils. Edible. ' 



The pileus is two to three inches broad, firm, hemispherical, then convex, 

 minutely silky, lilac-color. 



The gills are close, lilac, then cinnamon. 



The stem is four to five inches long-, stout, bulbous, silky-fibrillose, solid, 

 whitish, tinged with lilacs. Spores nucleate, iox6/x. Peck. 



I have found this plant in but one place near Chillicothe. In Poke Hollow 

 on a north hillside I have found a number of rare specimens. All were identified 

 by Dr. Kauffman of Michigan University. All were found under beech trees 

 within a very small radius. September and October. 



Cortinarius bolaris. Pr. 



The Collared Cortinarius. 

 



The"pileus is fleshy, obsoletely umbonate, growing pale, variegated with 

 saffron-red, adpressed., innate, pilose scales. 



The gills are subdecurrent, crowded, watery cinnamon. 



The stem is two to three inches long, at first stuffed, then hollow, nearly 

 equal, squamose. 



Found under beech trees. Onlv occasionallv found here. 



Cortinarius violaccus. Pr. 

 Tiik Violet Cortinarius. Edible. 



Violaceus, violet color. The pileus is convex, becoming nearly plane, dry, 

 adorned with numerous persistent hairy tufts or scales ; dark violet. 



The gills are rather thick, distant, rounded, or deeply notched at the inner 

 extremity; colored like the pileus in the young plant, brownish-cinnamon in the 

 mature plant. 



The stem is solid, clothed with small fibres ; bulbous, colored like the pileus. 

 The spores are slightly elliptical. 



The Violet Cortinarius is a very beautiful mushroom and one easy of recogni- 

 tion. At first the whole plant is uniformity colored, but with age the gills assume 

 a dingy ochraceous or brownish-cinnamon hue. The cap is generally well formed 

 and regular, and is beautifully adorned with little hairy scales or tufts. These 

 are rarely shown in figures of the European plant, but they are quite noticeable 



