=C. dis´tans= Pk. =Pileus= thin except the disk, convex, squamulose, bay-brown when moist, tawny when dry. =Lamellæ= broad, distant, thick, dark cinnamon-color. =Stipe= subequal, often a little tapering upward, solid, slightly fibrillose-scaly, concolorous. Height 2–3 in., breadth of pileus 1–2 in., stipe 4–6 in. thick. Grassy ground in pine woods. Greenbush. June. The flesh is dull-yellowish. The pileus, when drying, has for a time a brown-marginal zone. _Peck_, 23d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. New Jersey pines. Eagle’s Mere, Pa., coniferous woods. August. Mt. Gretna, Pa., pines. August, September. _McIlvaine._ Like most of the hygrophanous Cortinarii, the taste is more or less that of rotten wood. The flavor is flat and undesirable. =C. furfurel´lus= Pk. =Pileus= thin, convex, furfuraceous with minute squamules, hygrophanous, watery-tawny when moist, pale ochraceous when dry. =Lamellæ= broad, thick, distant, adnate or slightly emarginate, tawny-yellow, then cinnamon. =Stem= equal, peronate, colored like the pileus, with a slight annulus near the top. =Spores= subelliptical, minutely rough, 8–10×6µ. =Plant= 1–2 in. high. =Pileus= 1–2 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 lines thick. Moist ground in open places. Gansevoort. August. _Peck_, 32d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. Haddonfield, N.J., Mt. Gretna, Pa. _McIlvaine._ Strong woody flavor—like rotten wood. Not poisonous, but not desirable. HYGROCYBE. =C. casta´neus= Bull.—chestnut. =Pileus= fleshy, thin, campanulate or convex, then expanded, dark chestnut-color when moist, paler when dry. =Lamellæ= rather broad, violet-tinged, then cinnamon. =Stipe= fibrillose, stuffed or hollow, lilac tinged at the top, white below. Height 2–3 in., breadth of pileus 1–2 in., stipe 3–4 lines thick. Ground under spruce or balsam trees. Catskill mountains. October. Edible. _Peck_, 23d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. =Spores= 8×5µ. It is certainly a wholesome, esculent species, but a great number would be required to make a good dish. _M.C. Cooke._ Catalogued by Rev. M.A. Curtis, North Carolina, as edible. Eaten in Italy. Inodorous, edible and agreeable. _Cordier._ More than fair. I have often eaten it. _R.K. Macadam._ [Illustration] =PAXIL´LUS= Fr. _Paxillus_, a small stake. =Hymenophore= continuous with the stem, decurrent. =Gills= membranaceous, somewhat branched, frequently anastomosing behind, _distinct from the hymenophore and easily separable from it_. =Spores= dingy-white or ferruginous. _Fleshy putrescent fungi, margin of pileus at first involute, then continually and gradually unfolding and expanding._ _Fries._ =Pileus= symmetrical or eccentric. =Stem= central, eccentric or wanting. Edge of gills entire, sharp. The marked features of this genus are the strongly involute margin, the soft, tough, decurrent gills, separating readily from the flesh, and the color of the spores.