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Section 3. OOHROSPOR^, BROWN OR 

 OCHRACEOUS SPORES. 



CORTINARIUS = a veU. 



This genus has a veil resembling a cobweb. 

 The gills generally become cinnamon-colored. 

 They grow on the ground in woods, during late 

 summer and autumn. Some of our most beau- 

 tiful mushrooms belong to this group. The 

 veil is not persistent, and soon disappears. 



PHOLIOTA = a scale. 



This genus mostly grows on trunks. The 

 partial or secondary veil takes the form of a 

 ring. The cap is often covered with scales. 



nrOCYBE = fibre and heaj/ 



This genus is distinguished by the silky 

 fibrilose covering of the cap, which never has 

 a distinct pellicle, and by the veil which is last- 

 ing and of like nature to the fibrils of the cap. 

 All grow upon the ground. 



EEBELOMA = youth and fringe. 



In this genus the margin of the cap is at first 

 incurved. The gills are attached with a tooth, 



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