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Subgenus — Hygrocybe. 

 Pileus hygrophanous ; stem distinct from the fibrillose veil, 

 hence neither annulate nor floccose-squamiilose.-i5erA:.02^^Z. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus dark bay 20. 



Pileus pale watery ciunamon 21. 



20. CORTINARIUS CASTANEUS Bull. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate or convex, then expanded, 

 dark chestnut-color when moist, paler when dry ; lamellae 

 rather broad, violet-tinged, then cinnamon, stipe fibrillose, 

 stuffed or hollow, lilac-tinged at the top, white below. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 1-2', stipe 3"- 4" thick. 



Ground under spruce and balsam trees. Catskill Mountains. 

 October. Edible. 



21. CORTINARIUS VERNALIS 71. Sp. 



Pileus thin, hemispherical or convex, then more or less 

 expanded, smooth or at first clothed with a fe\y silky fibrils, 

 pale watery cinnamon when moist, nearly white or yellowish- 

 white when dry ; lamellae rather close, tapering toward the 

 outer extremity, very slightly emarginate, pale cinnam.on ; 

 stipe subconcolorous, smooth, slender, hollow, easily splitting. 



Height l'-1.5', breadth of pileus 6"- 12", stipe 1" thick. 



Wet ground in pastures. Helderberg Mountains. May. In 

 very wet ground the margin of the pileus becomes recurved. 

 The spores are ochraceous. 



Genus — HYGROPHORUS jP'r. 

 Hymenophorum continuous with the stem, and descending 

 without change into the sharp-edged gills ; hymenium waxy. 

 —Berk. Outl. 

 The pileus is viscid or moist ; the lamellae are generally distant 

 and decLirrent, of a waxy nature and with a watery juice. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus convex conic or campanulate, not unibilLcate a. 



a. Pileus viscid or glutinous when moist b. 



b. Stem solid or stuffed c. 



c. Lamellai white 1. 



c. Lamellas red "). 



b. Stem hollow , 4. 



a. Pileus not distinctly viscid e. 



e. Ijamcllro white 2. 



e. Tiamella) colored 3. 



Pileus convex, at length umbilicate or depressed f. 



f. Pileus not viscid 0- 



f . Pileus viscid "• 



