THE RUSTY-SPORED AGARICS 



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Cortiuarius ochroleucus. Fr. 



THE PALLID Cortinaria. 



Ochroleucus, meaning yellowish and white, because of the color of the cap. 

 The pileus is an inch to two and a half inches broad, fleshy ; convex, sometimes 

 somewhat depressed in the center, often remaining- convex ; dry ; on the center 

 finely tomentose to minutely scaly, sometimes the scales are arranged in con- 

 centric rows around the cap ; quite fleshy at the center, thinning out toward the 

 margin; the color is a creamy to a deep-buff, considerably darker at the center. 



Figure 241. Cortinarius ochroleucus. Two-thirds natural size, showing the developed plant. 



The gills are attached to the stem, clearly notched, somewhat ventricose; in 

 mature plants, somewhat crowded, not entire, many short ones, pale first, then 

 clay-colored ochre. 



The stem is three inches long, solid, firm, often bulbous, tapering upward, 

 often becoming hollow, a creamy-buff. 



The veil, quite beautiful and strongly persistent, forms a cortina of the same 

 color as the cap but becoming discolored by the falling of the spores. In Figure 

 240 the cortina and the bulbous form of the stem will be seen. 



Found along Ralston's Run. In beech woods from September to November. 



