CORTINARIUS. 33 



last condition sometimes torn into fibrils ; gills adnate, ventri- 

 cose, rather distant, very broad, thickish, the short ones 

 narrower, connected by veins, ferrui^inous then tawny-cinna- 

 mon ; stem 2-4 in. long, 2 lines thick or more, curved, 

 flexuous (not undulated), attenuated at the base, fragile, 

 with scattered, ad pressed, white silky fibrils, for the rest 

 almost glabrous, yellowish-tan when moist, truly white when 

 dry ; veil fibrillose, rarely conspicuous ; spores subochraceous ; 

 spores 9 X o fj.. 



Cortinarius (^Hi/grocyhe) o'^jtusus, Frie«, Monogr., ii. p. Ill; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. S-ioA. 



In woods. Gregarious. 



Yeil entirely fibrillose, whitish, making the youug pileus 

 hoary and silky, commonly glabrous, but becoming broken 

 up when dry. Umbo disappearing. AVith an evident smell. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) acutus. Fr. 



Pileus about i-f in. across, almost membranaceous, conical 

 then campanulate, at length expanded, umbo acute and 

 coloured like the remainder, at length depressed round the 

 umbo, striate when moist, obsoletely fibrillose near the 

 margin when young, glabrous when adult, yellowish honey- 

 colour, rather shining, tan or white when dr^^ and looking 

 silky; flesh ver}^ thin similarly coloured; gills adnate, thin, 

 crowded, becoming more distant and free as the pileus ex- 

 pands, lanceolate, ochraceous cinnamon. Stem 3-4 in. long, 

 1-2 lines thick, equal, flexuous albo-fibrillose, at length 

 glabrous, colour of the pileus when both moist and dry, 

 hollow ; spores 6 X 4 /x. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocyhe) acutus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 112 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 845a. 



In mixed woods. Sometimes scattered, sometimes gre- 

 garious. With the habit of Galera, but remarkable for the 

 acute umbo. 



**** Stem hecoming dusTnj, 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) Junghuhnii, Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, disc slightly fleshy, remainder 

 thin, convex o-plane, papillato-umbonate, striate to the middle 



VOL. II. D 



