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forests of the Adirondack region it afforded an excellent and 

 yery much relished addition to our bill of fare. It retains some- 

 thing of its color when cooked, and in consequence a dish of Vio- 

 let mushrooms is scarcely as attractive to the eyes as to the 

 palate. 



Cortinarius collinitus Fr. 



Smeared Cortinarius. 



Plate 13. Figs. 1 to 6. 



Pileus convex, obtuse, glabrous, glutinous when moist, shining 

 when dry ; lamellae rather broad, dingy-white or grayish when 

 young ; stem cylindrical, solid, viscid or glutinous when moist, 

 transversely cracking when dry, whitish or paler than the pileus ; 

 spores subelliptical, .0005 to .0006 in. long. 



The Smeared cortinarius is much more common than the Vio- 

 let cortinarius and has a much wider range. Both the cap and 

 stem are covered with a viscid substance or gluten which makes 

 it unpleasant to handle. The cap varies in color from yellow to 

 golden or tawny -yellow and when the gluten on it has dried it is 

 very smooth and shining. The flesh is white or whitish. The 

 young gills have a peculiar bluish-white or dingy-white color 

 which might be called grayish or clay color, but when mature 

 they assume the color of the spores. They are sometimes min- 

 utely uneven on the edge. 



The stem is straight, solid, cylindrical and usually paler than 

 the cap. When the gluten on it dries it cracks transversely, giv- 

 ing to the stem a peculiar scaly appearance. 



The cap is one and a half to three inches broad, and the stem 

 two to four inches long and one-fourth to one-half inch thick. 



The plant grows in thin woods, copses and partly-cleared 

 lands and may be found from August to September. 



It is well to peel the caps before cooking, since the gluten 

 causes dirt and rubbish to adhere tenaciously to them. 



Cortinarius cinnamomeus Fr. 

 Cinnamon Cortinarius. 



Plate 13. Figs. 7 to 20. 



Pileus thin, convex, obtuse or umbonate, dry, fibrillose at least 

 when young, flesh yellowish; lamellae thin, close, adnate; stem 

 slender, equal, stuffed or hollow ; spores elliptical, .0003 in. long. 



