Ochrosporse 



C. dis'tans Pk. Pileus thin except the disk, convex, squamulose, Cortinanus. 

 bay-brown when moist, tawny when dry. Lamellae broad, distant, 

 thick, dark cinnamon-color. Stipe subequal, often a little tapering up- 

 ward, solid, slightly fibrillose-scaly, concolorous. 



Height 2-3 in., breadth of pileus 1-2 in., stipe 4-6 in. thick. 



Grassy ground in pine woods. Greenbush. June. 



The flesh is dull-yellowish. The pileus, when drying, has for a time 

 a brown-marginal zone. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



New Jersey pines. Eagle's Mere, Pa., coniferous woods. August. 

 Mt. Gretna, Pa., pines. August, September. Mcllvaine. 



Like most of the hygrophanous Cortinarii, the taste is more or less 

 that of rotten wood. The flavor is flat and undesirable. 



C. furfurel'lus Pk. Pileus thin, convex, furfuraceous with minute 

 squamules, hygrophanous, watery-tawny when moist, pale ochraceous 

 when dry. Lamellae broad, thick, distant, adnate or slightly emargi- 

 nate, tawny-yellow, then cinnamon. Stem equal, peronate, colored like 

 the pileus, with a slight annulus near the top. Spores subelliptical, 

 minutely rough, 8-iox6/A. 



Plant 1-2 in. high. Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 2-4 lines thick. 



Moist ground in open places. Gansevoort. August. Peck, 32d 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Haddonfield, N. J., Mt. Gretna, Pa. Mcllvaine. 



Strong woody flavor like rotten wood. Not poisonous, but not 

 desirable. 



HYGROCYBE. 



C. casta'neus Bull. chestnut. 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 in., breadth of pileus 1-2 in., stipe 3-4 lines thick. 



Ground under spruce or balsam trees. Catskill mountains. October. 

 Edible. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores 8x5/a. 



It is certainly a wholesome, esculent species, but a great number 

 would be required to make a good dish. M ' . C, Cooke. 



Catalogued by Rev. M. A. Curtis, North Carolina, as edible. 



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