* Report of the Botanist. 61 



and gradually narrowed toward the very obtuse apex. This and 

 the preceding species are described from dried specimens, they 

 being respectively taken at the time of collecting lor forms of 

 C. atramentarius and Q. silvaticus. 



CoRTiNARius (Myxacium) sph^rosporus Peclc. 



Pileus convex, smooth, very viscid, pale ochraceous ; lamellae 

 close, nearly plane, slightly emai'ginate, whitish, then cinnamon; 

 stem tapering upward, solid, floccose, viscid, subconcolorous, white 

 at the top ; flesh white ; spores nearly globose, about .0003 in. 

 in diameter. 



Plant 2'-4' high, pilens 2'-3' broad, stem 3"-5" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



CoRTINARIUS (PhLEGMACIUM) LONGIPES Peclc. 



Pileus convex or expanded, slightly fibrillose, viscid, yellowish 

 or pale ochraceous ; lamellae close, plane, brownish-olivaceous, then 

 cinnamon ; stem long, slightly fibrillose, tapering upwards, whitish. 



Plant 6' high, pileus 2-3' broad, stem 4" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



CoRTINARIUS CLARICOLOR Ft. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



CoRTINARIUS PORPHYROPUS A, (& S. 



Ground in woods. Copake. October. 



This plant is readily known by the purplish or lilac tints it 

 assumes where bruised or wounded. 



CORTINARIUS (InOLOMA) LIL ACINUS PecJc. 



Pileus firm, hemispherical, then convex, minutely silky, lilac 

 color ; lamellae close, lilac, then cinnamon ; stem stout, bulbous, 

 eilky-fibrillose, solid, whitish, tinged with lilac ; spores nucleate, 

 .0004 X. 00025 in. 



Plant 4-5' high, pileus 3' broad, stem 4"-6" thick. 



Low mossy ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



This is a rare but beautiful plant, allied to C. alhoviolaceus^ from 

 which it may be distinguished by its stouter habit, deeper color 

 and bulbous stem. In the young plant the bulb is much broader 

 than the undeveloped pileus that surmounts it. 



CoRTiNARiDS (Inoloma) Clintonianus PecTc. 



Pileus convex or expanded, with a few appressed silky fibrils, 

 reddish-brown, more or less tinged with gray ; lamellae close, dull- 



