58 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Pileus 1-2 cm broad ; stem about 2.5 cm long, 2mm 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 ^lant. 



Inocybe castanea Pk. 



CHESTNUT INOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Miis. Bui. 75, p.i6, Pl.O, fig.i-S 



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

 chestnut color ; lamellae thin, narrow, close, adnate, 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 long, about 2 mm thick. 



IMossy 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 



Ag. (Inocybe) u m b o n i n o t n s Pk. N. Y. State ]\Iiis. 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, \eiy 

 slightly nodulose, 6-8 x 4-6/^-, cystidia 50--60 x 12-20 !'■., 



Pileus 1.5-2 cm broad; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Ground in woods. Ulster co. September. 



This species is closely related to Inocybe a s t c r o s p o r a 

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

 pileus and by its smaller less globose and but slightly nodulose 

 spores. 



