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Cortinarius persicelis Fr. On the ground in a cedar swamp. 

 The slender stem is persistently dark grayish lavender. (Ridg.) 

 Spores 9-10 by 5-5.5 microns. 



Cortinarius pholideus Fr. On decayed wood and debris in birch 

 and spruce woods. 



Cortinarius plumiger Fr. In mixed woods, on the ground. A 

 very distinct species. The pileus is 5-12 cm broad, clothed with a 

 dense tomentose-nbrillose covering. The stem, when fresh, is gray- 

 ish blue-violet (Ridg.) within and without, but this color fades so 

 quickly that it is usually absent. The stem is stout and very fibril- 

 lose, sometimes annulate. 



Cortinarius pulcher Pk. Among mosses, tamarack swamp. 



Cortinarius redactus Britz. On mosses in conifer swamp. 



Cortinarius rigida Fr. Among mosses under spruce and pine. 



Cortinarius sanguineus Fr. Deep in sphagnum, where the stems 

 are often much elongated. 



Cortinarius semisanguineus Fr. In swamps, on mosses. 



Cortinarius subflexipes Pk. Under conifers, wet places. One of 

 the smallest species. 



Cortinarius sphoerosporus Pk. On mossy ground under conifers. 



Cortinarius subpurpurascens Fr. Under conifers or bare ground. 



Cortinarius triumphans Fr. Near the top of a hillside covered 

 with birch and balsam. Probably not before noticed in this country. 

 Its characters are those of the plants I found in Sweden. 



Cortinarius uraceus Fr. On the ground under balsam and spruce. 

 The plants are blackish after they are dried. 



Cortinarius vibratilis Fr. On the ground in mixed woods. C . 

 a m a r u s Pk. is identical. 



Cortinarius violaccus Fr. On mossy ground, often deeply em- 

 bedded by the large bulbous stems in thick mosses. Frequent and 

 copious. 



MELANOSPORAE 



Psalliota abruptibulbus Pk. Tn mixed woods. 

 Stropharia depilata Fr. In mixed woods of birch, bfeech and 

 spruce. 



Stropharia stercoria Fr. On dung hills in fields. 

 Stropharia umbonatescens Pk. ( )n dung hills in woods. 

 Hypholoma sublateritium Fr. Around stumps in woods. 

 Coprinus tomentosus Fr. Among debris in woods. 



