Agaricaceaa 



Cortinarius. cooks tender, but does not equal the cap. 

 it is found in the autumn until frost kills it. 



Like most of the Cortinarii 



** 



Gills pinkish-brown then cinnamon. 



(Plate LXXXVI.) 



C. squamulo'sus Pk. (Plate LXXXII, fig. i, p. 306.). Pileus 



thick, fleshy, convex, densely fibril- 

 lose -squamulose, cinnamon -brown, 

 the scales darker. Lamellae 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 in., breadth of pileus 

 2-4 in., stipe 6-9 lines thick at the 

 top, 1 2- 1 8 lines at the bottom. 



Borders of swamps in woods. 

 Sandlake. August. 



Related to C. pholideus and C. 

 arenatus, but distinct by the deep 

 emargination of the lamellae. It gives out a strong odor while drying. 

 The color of the flesh is pinkish-white. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. 



This species was discovered in 1869, and had not since been observed 

 by the writer until the past season. It is manifestly a species of rare 

 occurrence. Peck, 28th Rep. 



Massachusetts, Frost; Wisconsin, Minnesota. Ranges from New 

 England to Kentucky unchanged. Morgan. 



Specimens from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., September, 1897. 

 Asylum grounds. Several .found at Mt. Gretna, August and Septem- 

 ber, 1897. Solitary in oak woods, gravelly soil. Mcllvaine. Sent to 

 Professor Peck and identified. Specimens were much darker than Pro- 

 fessor Peck's plates. 



C. squamulosus is not attractive in appearance. The caps, only, are 

 edible. Their consistency is very pleasant and flavor fairly good. 



CORTINARIUS squAMULOsus. 



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