CORTIXAEIUS. 51 



Var. curta, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 91. 



Stem stuffed, 1 in. long, liexuous, peronate with the white 

 veil, cingulate ; umbo becoming rather blackish. 



Cortinarius (Tela.^ punctatus. Fr. 



Pileus },-ih in. across, somewhat membranaceous, conico- 

 convex, glabrous, hoarj^ umber, tan-cok)ur when dry, at 

 length even, punctate ; gills adnate, very distant, quite 

 entire, 1-2 lines broad, cinnamon-brown ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1-2 lines thick, equal, undulate, pale brown below, apex 

 whitish, somewhat hollow; spores pip-shaped, 7 x -i /x. 



Cortinarius (^Tclamonia) punctatus, Fries, Fpicr., p. 2il0 ; 

 Cke., Ildbk., p. 270 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 855. 



In woods, especially beech. 



Closely allied to Cort. genfilis, but distinct in the colour of 

 every part, and in the obtuse or obtusely umbonate, convex 

 pileus. 



A. Stem somewhat hollow, 2-3 in. long, scarcely 1 \m& 

 thick, slender, everywhere equal, tongh, undulated, fuscous- 

 cinnamon, hbrilloso -striate, base white, downy. Cortina 

 somewhat interwoven, pale fuscous, evanescent. Pileus 

 rather membranaceous, conico-convex, umbo scarcely pro- 

 minent, h in. broad, glabrous, even, umber, hoar}'-, becoming 

 pale tan when dry, not incised. Gills adnate very distant, 

 with a decurrent tooth, ventricose, almost 3 lines broad, 

 brownish cinnamon, all one colour and quite entire. B. Form 

 more typical; stem shorter, pileus broader, with minute 

 23oint-like depressions, gills less distant. (Fries.) 



II. LEPTOPHYLLI. 



Gills narrow, thin, more or less croicded, 

 * Stem whitish, not jioccoselij scaly, 



Cortinarius (Tela.) triformis. Fr. 

 Pileus 2-4 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, some- 

 what umbonate, fibrillose becoming smooth, opaque, colour 

 various, at first brownish or livid-yellowish, dirty tan when, 

 dry, hygrophanous, margin thin ; gills rounded behind and 

 adnexed, rather crowded, thin, distinct, vellowish Jionev- 



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