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AGARICACE/E 



Cortinarins 



1084. C. valgus Fr. (from the frequently twisted stem; valgus, 



bow-legged) a. 

 P. convex, gibbous, olivaceous to brick-red. Sf. somewhat 



hollow, clavato-bulbous, whitish, apex pale violaceous, zoned. 



G. adfixed or rounded-adnate, yellowish to brick-red and 



cinnamon. 

 Odour none. Woods, pine, amongst moss. Oct. 3 X 3! X g in. 



1085. C. venetus Fr. (from the sea-green pileus and stem ; venetns, 



sea-coloured) a b. 



P. hemispherico-obtuse, convex, umbonate, becoming greenish- 

 yellow. St. stuffed or hollow above, equal or subclavate, 

 colour as P. G. adnate, scarcely crowded, olivaceous to 

 orange-cinnamon. Flesh pallid yellowish. 



Gregarious. Woods. Aug.-Oct. if X ig X ^ in. 



SUBGENUS 5. TELAMONIA. 

 (From the whitish, lint-like fibres of the veil ; Gr. telamon, lint.) 



Veil universal, somewhat double. Pileus moist, hygrophanous, 

 at first smooth or sprinkled with the superficial, arachnoid, whitish 



Fig. 57- Cortinariiis (jrelai>tonia)arjnillati<s Fr. 



Young examples and section of a mature 



specimen. One-third natural size. 



fibres of the veil, thin or moderately compact at the middle, thin 

 towards margin, splitting. Stem annulate from the inferior veil, or 

 peronate with scales, somewhat cortinate at the apex. Flesh thin 



