108 TWEXTY-TUIRD REPORT OX THE STATE CABINET. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus densely squamulose a. 



a. Plant violet-colored 7. 



a. Plant cinnamon-brown 8. 



Pileus smooth or silkj- b. 



b. Pileus tinged with violet or lilac c. 



c. Stem white ; plant odorous 9. 



c. Stem tinged with lilac above 10. 



b. Pileus not violet or lilac-tinged d. 



d. Dull yellow, variegated with matted ferruginous fibrils 11. 



d. Ferruginous, sprinkled with whitish fibrils 12. 



d. Ochraceous 13. 



7. COETINAEIUS VIOLACEUS L. 



Pileus fleshy, even, convex, rough with numerous small 

 hairy scales, dark violet-color ; laniellse loose, thick, rather 

 broad, violet, then brownish-cinnamon ; stipe equal or slightly 

 tapering upward, solid, slightly striate-librillose, bulbous, 

 yiolet. 



Height 3-5', breadth of pileus 2-3', stipe 3"- 5" thick. 



Ground in woods. Adirondack Mountains. August. 



A pretty species. The flesh is pale violet color. Edible. 



8. CORTINAEIUS SQUAMULOSUS 71. Sp. 



Pileus thick, fleshy, convex, densely fibrillose-squam'ulose, 

 cinnamon-brown, the scales darker ; lamellc© not crowded, 

 deeply emarginate, pale pinkish-brown, then cinnamon-col- 

 ored ; stipe thick, solid, shreddy, subsquamulose, concolorous, 

 swollen at the base into a very large tapering or subventricose 

 bulb. 



Height 4- 6', breadth of pileus 2- 4', stipe 6"- 9" thick at the 

 top, 12"- 18" at the bottom. 



Borders of swamps in woods. Sandlake. August. 



Related to C. plioUdeus and C. arenatus, but distinct by 

 the deep emargination of the lamellae. It gives out a strong 

 odor while di'ying. The color of the flesh is pinkish-white. 

 (Plate 3, flgs. i-3.^) 



9. CORTINAEIUS ARGENTATUS Ft. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, smooth, bluish-lilac 

 or pale violet, the margin at first silky, then whitish ; lamellae 

 rather close, whitish, then cinnamon-color ; stipe short, thick, 

 solid, somewhat bulbous, easily splitting, whitish. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 2'- 4', stipe 6"- 10" thick. 



Ground in woods. Bethlehem and Knowersville. Sep- 

 tember. 



It has a sti'ong odor not unlike that of chestnut blossoms. 

 The lamellae are sometimes serrated. 



