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Cortinarius (Telainonia) li^narius, Peck. 



Pileus smooth, hygroplianous, dark watery cinnamon when moist, paler 

 when dry; lamellae close, thin, concolorous, when young concealed by the 

 copious white webby veil ; stem equal, silky-fibrillose, hollow or with a 

 whitish pith, subannulate, with a dense white mycelium at the base ; spores 

 .00028' X .0003' 



Plant subcaespitose, l'-2' high, pileus 8"-12" broad, stem 1" thick. 



Rotten wood. Catskill mountains. June. 



Cortinarius (Telainonia) nigrellus, Peck. 



Pileus at first conical, then convex or expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, 

 minutely silky, hygrophanous, blackish chestnut when moist, paler when 

 dry ; lamellae close, narrow, emarginate, brownish-ochre, then cinnamon ; 

 stem subequal, silky fibrillose, pallid, often flexuous ; annulus slight, evan- 

 escent ; spores .00038' x 00016'. 



Plant 2'-3' high, pileus l'-2' broad, stem 2"-3" thick. 



Mossy ground in woods. Xew Scotland. October. 



When moist the pileus has the color of boiled chestnuts, when 

 dry, of fresh ones. The incurved margin of the young pileus is 

 whitened by the veil. The lamellae are darkest when young. 



Cortinarius (Heygrocybe) pulclier, Peck. 



Pileus conical, then broadly convex, umbonate, often irregular, hygropha- 

 nous, ochraceous, shining and sometimes striatulate when moist, pale ochra- 

 ceous when dry ; lamellae subdistant, broad, emarginate, uneven on the edge, 

 ochraceous, stem equal, solid, eubflexuous, silky-fibrillose, whitish or pale 

 ochraceous ; spores .00033' x .0002'. 



Plant gregarious, 2' high, pileus l'-1.5' broad, stem 1 -3 ' thick. 



Ground in woods. New Scotland. October. 



Paxillus strigosus, Peck. 



Pileus dry, convex or expanded, brittle, strigose with scattered stiff hairs, 

 whitish ; lamellae close, narrow, subdecurrent, whitish, then pale cinnamon 

 color, some of them forked ; stem equal, solid, pruinose, concolorous ; spores 

 brownish-ochre, subglobose, .00018' in diameter. 



Plant 2' high, pileus l'-1.5' broad, stem 1"-1.5" thick. 



Ground among fallen leaves in woods. Caraghan. September. 



The young plant might readily be mistaken for a species of 

 Clitocybe. Owing to the very brittle character of the pileus, the 

 lamellae are not easily separated from it. The hairs of the pileus 

 arc either erect or appressed. 



