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Cortinarius (Hygrocyhe) scandens. Fries, Mouogr., i. p. 108 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 830. 



In damp places in fir woods, &g. 



Stem 3-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, soft, yellowish when 

 moist, shining white when diy, base subulate, always white. 

 Yeil thin, fibrillose, superior. Pileus i-1 in. and more, tan- 

 colour when dry, but the umbo, which may be acute, obtuse, 

 or obsolete, rather tawny. Gills narrow, 1-2 lines broad, 

 plane. (Fries.) 



** Stem violet or reddish. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) erythrinus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1 .V in. across, conical then convex, regular, umbo- 

 nate, umbo obtuse or almost obsolete, darker, even, glabrous, 

 rufous-l)ay, tawny when dry, the thin flesh almost the same 

 colour when moist ; gills slightly adnexed, thin, rather 

 distant, ventricose, at first pallid then pale cinnamon ; stem 

 1^-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, rarely thickened at the 

 base, straight or ascending, glabrous, but striate from the 

 adpressed fibrils, white, violaceous above, stuffed then hollow ; 

 veil superior, fibrillose, white. 



Cortinarius (^Hiigrocybe) erythrinus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 109 ; 

 •Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 798a. 



In damp woods, amongst leaves, &c. 



Var. argyropus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 396. 

 Slenderer than the type form, stem silvery, apex with 

 W'hite meal. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) decipiens. Fr. 



Pileus §-1 in. across, flesh thin, dingy, conical, glabrous, 

 rshining, bay-brown, then brick-red when dry, at length 

 ■depressed round the slightly fleshy, prominent, darker umbo ; 

 gills adnate, thin, rather crowded, reddish ferruginous ; stem 

 2-2^ in. long, 1 J line thick, equal, covered with a separable 

 23allld cuticle, pale brick-red within, imperfectly hollow ; 

 spores elliptical, dingy ferruginous, S X o fx. 



Cortinarius {Hygrocyhe) decipiens, Fries, Epicr., p. 312 

 Cke. Hdbk., p. 281 , Cke., Illustr., pi. 798b. 



In woods. 



Stem usually straight, without any tinge of violet. 



