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violaceous, then cinDamon ; stem solid, silky-fibrillose, tapering 

 upwards, concolorous, violaceous at the top ; spores .0003 x .00025 

 in. 



Plant 2-3' high, pileus 1-2' broad, stem 2"-3" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan and New Scotland. September 

 and October. 



CORTINAEIUS (InOLOMA) MODESTUS PcgIc. 



Pileus convex or expanded, subfibrillose. even or slightly rugose- 

 wrinkled, alutaceous ; lamellae close, nearly plane, pallid, then 

 cinnamon ; stem bulbous, subfibrillose, hollow, or with a white 

 pith, concolorous ; flesh white ; spores .00033 x .00025 in. 



Plant 2' high, pileus l'-1.5' broad, stem 2" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



It is distinguished from the preceding species by its paler color, 

 more bulbous stem and by the entire absence of violaceous tints 

 in the lamellae. 



CoRTiNAKius (Telamonia) lignarius Peoh. 



Pileus smooth, hygrophanous, dark, watery-cinnamon when 

 moist, paler when dry ; lamellae close, thin, concolorous, when 

 young concealed by the copious white webby veil ; stem equal, 

 silky-fibrillose, hollow or with a whitish pith, subannulate, with a 

 dense white mycelium at the base; spores .00028 x .0002 in. 



Plant subcaespitose, l'-2' high, pileus 8"-12" broad, stem V thick. 



Rotten wood. Catskill mount^iins. June. 



CORTINAKIUS TOEVUS Ft. 



Ground in woods. Maryland and Worcester. July. 



CoETiNAEius (Telamonia) nigeellus Pech. 



Pileus at first conical, then convex or expanded, obtuse or sub- 

 umbonate, minutely silky, hygrophanous, blackish-chestnut when 

 moist, paler when dry ; lamellae close, narrow, emarginate, brown- 

 ish-ochre, then cinnamon ; stem subequal, silky-fibrillose, pallid, 

 often flexuous ; annul us slight, evanescent ; spores .00028 x .00016 

 in. 



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



Mossy ground in woods. New Scotland. October. 



When moist the pileus has the color of boiled chestnuts, when 

 dry, of fresh ones. The incurved margin of the young pileus is 

 whitened by the veil. The lamellae are darkest when yonng. The 

 taste is unpleasant, resembling that of Ag. melleus. 



