Agancaceae 



Cortinarius. Prof. L. B. Mendel gives the following analysis: "Young specimens 

 gathered in New Haven early in November, 1897, gave: 



Water 91.13$, 



Total solids 8.87 



Total nitrogen of dry substance 3.63 



Edible. Cooke. 



In appearance the Smeared cortinarius does not appeal to be eaten. 

 Neither does an eel. But peeled both are inviting. Raw, the caps of 

 this fungus have a strong woody smell and taste. This is somewhat 

 subdued by cooking. 



I have found the plant in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and North 

 Carolina, often among the leaves in mixed woods, but it prefers a goodly 

 supply of light and the freedom of open places. It is often gregarious, 

 sometimes tufted. 



C. io'des B. and C. PileilS 1/^-2 in., convex, at length plane, 

 viscid, firm, violet-purple. Flesh white, thick. Veil fugacious, spider- 

 web. Stem 23 in. long, i/4 in. thick, solid, thickened below. Gills 

 violet, at length cinnamon, ventricose, adnate, sub-emarginate, irregular, 

 sometimes forked. B. and C. 



This is a small but beautiful species, the pileus, lamellae and stem 

 being of a bright-violet or purplish-violet hue. The spores are sub- 

 elliptical, generally uninucleate, iox6. Peck, 32d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



The pileus in this species is sometimes spotted with white. The 

 bulbous white stem is adorned with lilac-colored fibrils. Peck, 35th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Sparingly found among roots at Mt. Gretna, Pa., September, 1897- 

 1898. 



The caps are fairly good. 



INOLO'MA. (Gr. fiber; Gr. a fringe.) 

 * Gills violaceous then cinnamon. 



C. viola'ceus Fr. (Plate LXXXII, fig. 2, page 306.) One of our 

 most plentiful and beautiful autumnal fungi. As the American plant 

 differs somewhat from the European, Professor Peck's description is 

 given. 



Pileus convex, becoming nearly plane, dry, adorned with numerous 



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