52 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



colour tlien pale cinnamon; stem 3 in. long, J in. and more 

 thick, fragile, clavate or somewhat bulbous, almost glabrous, 

 pallid, stuffed and spongy inside, ring white ; spores elliptical, 

 apiculate, 10 x /x. 



Coi'iinarhis (Telamonia) triformis, Fries, Epicr., p. 299 ; Hym. 

 Eur., p. 382 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 270 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 790 (as 

 Cort. triformis, var. Schaefferi). 



In woods. 



Common in pine and mixed w^oods, assuming three marked 

 forms, as follows : — 



A. Schaefferi. In beech woods. Stem rather bulbous, 

 stuffed, spongy wdthin, 3 in. long, ^ in. thick, fragile almost 

 glabrous, pallid, the veil forming an interwoven, distant, 

 white ring. Pileus unequally fleshy, margin thin, convex 

 then plane, obtuse or slightl}^ gibbous, superficially fibrillose, 

 almost glabrous, at length wdth depressed dots, 2-3 in. 

 broad, always even, opaque, very hygvophanous, fawn- 

 colour when young, then yellowish or honey-colour, dirty 

 ochraceous when dr}^ ; gills adnate, ventricose, rather 

 emarginate, 4 lines broad, connected by veins, rather distant, 

 thin, watery honey-colour, then watery cinnamon. 



B. Melleopallens. In pine woods. Stem conically at- 

 tenuated, soft, imjDerfectly hollow, fragile, \ in. thick, pallid 

 yellow without and within, glabrous except the zone formed 

 hy the veil as in Cort. hrunneus. Pileus hemispherical, 

 obtuse or obtusely umbonate, at first white-fibrillose then 

 glabrous, even, fuscous then honey-colon r, pale tan when 

 dry; margin pellucidly striate; flesh watery-white. Gills 

 rather crowded, distinct, yellowish then as in previous form. 

 Habit of Cort. armeniaciis, but paler, &g. 



C. Fusco-pallens. Under pines. Stem stuffed, incrassated 

 at the base, 3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, apex thinner, even, 

 brownish-white, ring as in the previous form. Pileus thin, 

 obtuse, fuscous becoming pale, passing when dry into honey- 

 coloured tan. Gills adnate, 1-2 lines broad, wateiy-white 

 then darker. Easily distinguished amongst its allies by the 

 constant dingy and watery pallid, almost honey-colour, and 

 the thin rather crowded gills. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Tela.) biformis. Fr. 

 Pileus li-3 in. across, flesh very thin except at the disc, 



