Ochrosporee 



stem, its broad pileus and somewhat distant gills. Stem never becom- Cortinarins. 

 ing yellow. Fries. 



Spores 7-8x4/x Cooke. 



It is a variable species with us. 



Cap i % in. across, convex, broadly umbonate, margin involute, yel- 

 lowish-brown, silky, innately fibrillose, shining, when young the cap is 

 round, margin involute. Veil white, fibrillose, fugacious, leaving no 

 trace on stem. Flesh thick in center, solid, close-grained, white, tinged 

 with brown. Tastes strongly as radishes. Skin partially detachable. 



Gills exceedingly beautiful in their deep claret-color, which is perma- 

 nent, decurrent. 



Stem 3 in. long, shining, smooth, white near top, brownish below, 

 equal, fibrous, stuffed, skin removable. 



On ground among pines, near station, Mt. Gretna, Pa^ August to 

 frost. Solitary, gregarious and cespitose. 



Taste and smell like radishes. The caps cook well and are of fair 

 flavor. Makes good patties and croquettes. 



C. cinnabarinus, Var. i. Mt. Gretna, Pa., August to frost. On de- 

 caying chestnut stumps. 



Cap i in. across, shining, convex, orange-brown, white on margin 

 and under minute appressed squamules, but few on margin ; apparent 

 remnant of a veil on cap, as a viscid skin. 



Gills rounded behind, slightly emarginate, like Tricholoma, grayish- 

 brown when young, becoming a brilliant scarlet, unequal. 



Stem 2 in. high, over K in. thick, white, covered with brownish- 

 orange appressed squamules, often with stained marking of veil or frag- 

 ments of veil as ring. Cespitose, connate. 



Taste and smell strong like radishes. Flavor in dish is decided but 

 pleasant. Makes good patties and croquettes. 



Specimens were identified by Professor Peck as C. cinnabarinus, as 

 were those of the preceding. The variations are so great that I give 

 this place as a variety. 



C. sanguin'eus Fr. sanguis, blood. Pileus i-iK in. broad, 

 blood-color, becoming slightly pale when dry, fleshy, thin, convex then 

 plane, obtuse, occasionally depressed, silky or squamulose. Flesh red- 

 dish, paler. Stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, stuffed then hollow, 

 equal (rather attenuated than thickened at the base), here and there 

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