GILL FUNGI 



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Cortinarius ochroleucus Tan Cortinarius 



Cap 2-7 cm. \vide, crcam-culored to dark tan, dry, hairy or linely scaly, often 

 smooth in age, convex to plane ; s t e m 6-8 cm. hy 1 cm., tan, smooth, bulbous, 

 tapering upward, solid or hollow ; gills sinuate, ocher ; spores yellow, elliptic. 

 8 X ■+-5;u. The name refers to the color. 



(_)n the ground in woods, late simimer and autumn; probably edilile. 



CUEPIDOTUS 



Distinguished among ocher-spored forms by the lateral or absent stem. It 

 corresponds with P 1 e u r o t u s and C 1 a u d o p u s. The species grow on wood, 

 and so far as known are edible. The name means sli])per-like. 



Figure 40. CoRxix.iRiL's ochroleucus 

 Key to the Species 



1. Cap inverted, pure white, silky 



2. Cap usually shelf-like, grayish, smooth 



C. vcrsiitui' 

 C. mollis 



Crepidotus versutus White Crepidotus 



Cap 9-20 mm. wide, inverted, more rarely shelf-like, pure white on the back, 

 densely and finely silky, kidney-shaped or r(junded ; gills rounded at the back, rust- 

 colored , rather distant; spores rust-colored,- ellipsoid, 8-10 X ■+^6^. I'he name 

 refers to the inverted cap. 



Rather common on rotting logs and twigs, summer and autumn ; probably edible, 

 but not tested by the writer. 



