FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



veil extending in young plants from the margin of the cap to 

 the upper part of the stem; i>2 to 3 inches broad. 



Gills rather broad; bluish-white or grayish-white when 

 young, turning rusty-colored in mature plants; attached to 

 the stem (adnate). 



Stem sticky (viscid) or glutinous when moist, with trans- 

 verse cracks when dry; straight; solid; 2 to 4 inches long; X 

 to ^ inch thick. 



Spores rusty (ochraceous) . Slightly elliptic; .0005 to .0006 

 inch long. 



The smeared cortinarius is more common than the Violet 

 cortinarius but is less abundant than the Cinnamon cortinarius. 

 Both the cap and the stem are covered with a viscid sub- 

 stance which makes it unpleasant to handle. The gills are 

 sometimes minutely uneven on the edge. 



It is well to peel the caps before cooking since the gluten 

 causes dirt to adhere tenaciously to them. Peck. 



It is known by the smooth, even tawny cap, the great 

 abundance of slimy substance covering the entire plant when 

 moist, and, when dry, the cracking of the gluten on the stem 

 into annular (ring-like) patches. Atkinson. 



Cortinarius comigatus; corrugated cortinarius. Species 

 43. Figure 15. 



On ground in woods and bushy places; in groups (gregari- 

 ous); June to September; edible. 



Cap with coarse corrugations or furrows; broadly bell- 

 shaped or very convex; sticky (viscid) when moist; bright yel- 

 low, reddish-yellow, tawny or rusty; flesh white; 2 to 4 inches 

 broad. 



Gills close together; pallid when young, turning tawTiy or 

 rusty-colored when mature; uneven on their free edges; at- 

 tached to the stem (adnate). 



Stem long; cylindric; hollow; bulbous at the base; paler 

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