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AGARICACE^ 



Cortinarius 



SUBGENUS 2. MYXACIUM. 

 (From the glutinous pileus and stem ; Gr. unixa, mucus.) 



Veil universal, glutinous. Pileus fleshy, glutinos, somewhat thin. 

 Stem scarcely bulbous, viscid, more or less zoned. Gills adnate or 

 decurrent. (Fig. 54.) 



a. 



b. 



Fig. 54. Cortinarius (Myxaciiim) 

 A, section of mature example ; B, young state. 

 One-third natural size. 



Collinita. Stem floccoso-peronate, the flocci at first covered 

 with gluten. 10221027 



DelibiitcR. Veil entirely viscid. Stem not floccoso-peronate, 

 viscid, with a varnished appearance when dry. 1028 1034 

 Gills whitish, then clay-colour. 1028 



Gills at first violaceous, dark blue or reddish. 1029 1031 



Gills at first ochraceous or cinnamon. 1032 1034 



a. Collinita. 



1022. C. arvinaeeus Fr. (from the viscid greasy pileus and stem ; 



arvina, grease) a b 



P. flat, slightly depressed, repand, orange-tawny ; marg. striate. 

 St. solid, equal, silky-viscid, white. Co. fugitive, forming an 

 imperfect Z. G. adnato-decurrent, subdistant, crenulate, straw 

 or ochreous-tan to bright ochreous. 



Woods, beech. Oct. 3& X 5J X in. 



1023. C. eollinitus Fr. (from the pileus and stem, besmeared with 



gluten ; collino^ to besmear) a b c. 



P. convexo-flat, obtuse, orange-tawny or umber, white-patched 

 with Co. ; marg. not striate. St. solid, equal or attenuate 



