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plish-brown color of the lamellae should be noted, as well as the 
decidedly .sweet, farinaceous taste of the context. 
Cortinarius erythrinus Fries 
Bay Cortinarius. Umbon.\te Cortinarius 
Plate 163. Figure 4. X i 
Pileus convex to expanded, becoming depressed about the con- 
spicuous conic umbo, gregarious, reaching 3.5 cm. broad ; surface 
smooth, polished, fuliginous ; context extremely thin, dirty-whitish ; 
lamellae slightly sinuate, very broad, crowded, fulvous ; spores 
ellipsoid, smooth, fulvous, 8-^.5 X 4-5-5 ; stipe slender, equal,, 
grayish-white, solid, decorated with the fibrillose remains of the 
arachnoid, fugacious veil, about 3 cm. long and 3 mm. thick. 
This species is well distinguished among the members of the 
genus Cortinarius in this region by its small size, prominent umbo, 
and dark-bay color, which often changes to blackish on drying. 
The specimens here figured were collected on the ground in de- 
ciduous woods east of the New York Botanical Garden, Sep- 
tember 17, 1911. 
Cortinarius anomalus Fries 
Anomalous Cortinarius 
Plate 163. Figure 5. X i 
Pileus convex, not expanding, solitary or gregarious, 5-10 cm. 
broad ; surface smooth, dry, subglabrous, pallid, tinged with dark- 
ochroleucous ; context white, thick at the center and very thin at 
the edges ; lamellae sinuate, broad, subcrowded, subfulvous ; 
spores subglobose to ellipsoid, smooth, pale-ferruginous, 6-9 X 
6-6.5 ju.; stipe subconcolorous, almost white, enlarged at the base,, 
solid, crooked, white within except at the base, smooth, dry,, 
slightly fibrillose from the remains of the fugacious veil, about 
5-6 cm. long and 7 mm. thick. 
Collected in deciduous woods near Bronx Park, New York 
City, September 10, 1911. The plant suggests Hebeloma or 
Flammula. Those having access to exsiccati will find this species 
illustrated with excellent specimens prepared by Herpell. It is 
reported by the older mycologists from New England to North 
Carolina and west as far as Minnesota. 
