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10. CORTINAKIUS ALBOVIOLACEUS FcTS. 



Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex, then expanded, sometimes 

 broadly subnmbonate, smooth, silky, whitish, tinged witli 

 lilac or pale violet ; lamellae generally serrulate, whitish-violet, 

 then cinnamon-color ; stipe equal or a little tapering upward, 

 solid, silky, white, stained with violet, especially at the top, 

 slightly bulbous, the bulb gradually tapering into the stipe. 



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



Ground in thin woods, more frequently under poplars. 

 Center. October. 



The stem is sometimes subannulate, and being violet above 

 and white below the obscure ring, it appears as if sheathed 

 with a silky white covering. Inodorous. Sometimes the stem 

 gradually tapers from the base to the top, so that it can scarcely 

 be called bulbous. 



11. CORTINARIUS AUTUM]S"ALIS 71. Sp. 



Pileus fleshy, convex or expanded, dull rusty-yellow, varie- 

 gated or streaked with innate ferruginous fibrils ; lamellse 

 rather broad, with a wide shallow emargination ; stipe equal, 

 solid, firm, bulbous, a little paler than the pileus. 



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



Pine woods. Bethlehem. jSTovember. 



The plant is sometimes csespitose. The flesh is white. 



12. COKTINARIUS CaTSKILLEXSIS 71. Sp. 



Pileus fleshy, convex or subcampanulate, then subexpan- 

 ded, even, pale ferruginous clothed with minute scattered 

 white fibrils ; lamellae watery cinnamon, becoming darker with 

 age, deeply emarginate ; stipe stout, solid, nearly white, fibril- 

 lose ; the bulbous base gradually tapering into the stipe. 



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



Ground in open places. Catskill Mountains. October. 



13. COETINAEIUS OCHRACEUS 7Z. 5^. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, at length broadly subumbonate or 

 gibbous, smooth, even or obscurely wrinkled, pale ochraceous ; 

 stipe solid, fibrillose, ochraceous at the top, white below, 

 gradually enlarged into a thick bulbous base. 



Height 2'- 4', breadth of pileus 2'- 3', stipe 4"- 6" thick at the 

 top, 12"- 18" at the base. 



Under balsam trees in open places. Catskill Mountains. 

 October. 



The stipe appears as if sheathed. In some specimens the 

 stipe is short and rapidly tapers from the base to the top. 



