58 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Pileus 1-2 cm broad; stem about 2.5 cm long, 2111m thick. 



Mossy ground in woods. Albany co. Rare. 



This is a small pale species remarkable for the violaceous tint of 

 the young lamellae. Sometimes the pileus is slightly umbonate. 

 A webby veil is present in the young plant. 



Inocybe castanea Pk. 



CHESTNUT INOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 75, p.16, Pl.O, fig. 1-8 



Pileus conic or convex, umbonate, radiately rimose, fibrillose, 

 chestnut color ; lamellae thin, narrow, close, aclnate. whitish becom- 

 ing brownish ferruginous ; stem equal, hollow, subglabrous, pruinose 

 or mealy at the top, often with a whitish tomentum at the base, 

 colored like but paler than the pileus;. spores subglobose, angular 

 or slightly nodulose, 6-8 /->- in diameter or 8 x 6 />-, cystidia sub- 

 fusiform, 50-80 x 12-18 ,«. 



Pileus 1-2 cm broad; stem 2.3-5 cm l° n g> about 2 mm thick. 



Mossy ground under spruce and balsam fir trees. Hamilton co. 

 August. Rare. 



This is a well marked species and not easily confused with any 

 other. 



Inocybe umboninota Pk. 



UMBO MARKED INOCYBE 



A g. (Inocybe) umboninotus Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 38, 



p.87 in. part 



Pileus broadly campanulate becoming expanded, umbonate, fibril- 

 lose, slightly rimose, dark brown, the umbo sometimes darker than 

 the rest of the pileus ; lamellae close, adnate, sometimes slightly 

 sinuate, whitish becoming brownish ferruginous ; stem equal or 

 slightly thickened at the base, solid, colored like but paler than the 

 pileus, pruinose at the top ; spores subglobose or ellipsoid. ^ ery 

 slightly nodulose, 6-8 x 4-6'/-*, cystidia 50-60 x 12-20 fh 



Pileus 1.5-2 cm broad; stem 2.5-5 cm l° n §"< 2_ 4 mm thick. 



Ground in woods.' Ulster co. September. 



This species is closely related to Inocybe asterospora 

 Quel, from which it may be separated by its less distinctly rimose 

 pileus and by its smaller less globose and but slightly nodulose 

 spores. 



