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Excrement of deer in woods. Adirondack mountains. July. 

 About the size of and growing with Coprinus radiatus from whicli 

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



Cortinarius balteatus Fr. 



Grassy ground in pastures. Catskill mountains. September. 



Our specimens belong to a form which may be called variety bulbosus. 

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

 to rest on the bulb which is abruptly pointed beneath. 



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

 under pine trees. 



Cortinarius pluvius, Fr. 



Woods. Catskill mountains. September. 



Cortinarius muscigenus, n. sp. 



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

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

 tawny-orange and widely striate on the margin when moist, tawny 

 and shining when dry, flesh dingy white, tinged with yellow ; lamellae 

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

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

 subequal, viscid, even, silk}^, solid, white or whitish ; spores .0005 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 groimd under balsam trees. Wittenberg mountain. September. 



Closely related to G. coUinitus from which it is separated by its more 

 highly colored pileus, striate margin and even, not diffracted-squamose, 

 stem. 



Cortinarius brevipes, n. sp. 



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

 lamellae close, adnexed, pale violaceous becoming cinnamon ; stem 

 short, silky-fibrillose, bulbous, whitish, pale violaceous within ; spores 

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



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

 Woods. Catskill mountaijis. September. 



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

 violaceus, 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 minutely silky, then glabrous, 

 dingy white or argillaceous, flesh whitish; lamellae close, adnexed, at 

 first pale violaceous, then whitish, finally cinnamon; stem equal, very 



