State Museum of Natural History. 7| 



Excrement of deer in woods. Adii'ondack mountains. July. 

 About the size of and growing with Cfrpriava radialu.< from which 

 it is clearly distinct by its entire pileus and persistent adnate lainelht'. 



Cortinarius balteatus Fr. 



Grassy gi'ound in pastures. Catskill mountains. September. 



Our specimens belong to a form which maybe called variety //w^x).s-jtR. 

 Stem strongly bulbous, at first almost wanting, the pileus appearing 

 to rest on the bulb which is abruptly pointed beneath. 



The typical form occurs in Europe and is said to grow especially 

 under pine trees. 



Cortinarius pluvius, Fr. 



Woods. Catskill mountains. September. 



Cortinarius muscigenus, n. iq). 



Pileus at first ovate, then convex or concave from the recurving of 

 the margin, subumbonate, glabrous, viscose with a separable pellicle, 

 tawny-orange and widel}^ striate on the margin when moist, tawny 

 and shining when diy, flesh dingy white, tinged with yellow ; lamelL-p 

 broad, ventricose, adnate, with a broad shallow emargiuation, some- 

 what rugose on the sides, yellowish, becoming cinnamon ; stem long, 

 subequal, viscid, even, silky, solid, white or whitish ; spores .000.5 to 

 .0006 in. long, .0003 to .00036 broad. 



Pileus 1.5 to 2.5 in. broad ; stem 3 to 4 in. long, 3 to 4 lines thick. 

 Mossy ground under balsam trees. Wittenberg mountain. September. 



Closely related to C. eollinihis from which it is separated by its more 



highly colored pileus, striate margin and even, not diffracted-S([nftmose, 



stem. 



•Cortinarius brevipes, n. !<p. 



Pileus convex, silky-fibrillose, sordid white, flesh yellowish-white ; 

 lamellfc close, adnexed, pale violaceous becoming cinnamon ; stem 

 short, silky-fibrillose, bulbous, whitish, pale violaceous within : sj.on's 

 subelliptical, .0004 in. long, .00024 broad. 



Pileus 1 to 2 in. broad; stem about 1 in. long. 4 to 6 lines thick. 

 Woods. Catskill mountains. September. 



The species belongs to the tribe Inoloma and is related to C. alh>- 

 inolaceus, from which it is separated by its smaller size, short stem and 

 yellowish-white flesh. 



Cortinarius brevissimus, n. sp. 



Pileus convex, often irregular, at first Munutely silky, then glabrous, 

 dingy white or argillaceous, flesh whitish; lamelhe close, adnexod. at 

 first pale violaceous, then whitish, finally cinnamon; stem e(Hial. v«>ry 



