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conical then campanulate, at length flattened, acutely 

 umbonate, even, glabrous, rarely with fugacious fibrils, dark 

 or ferruginous-brown, pale bay and shining when dry ; gills 

 adnata or emarginate, narrowed behind, connected by veins, 

 .*) lines broad, rather crow^ded, watery cinnamon, at first 

 greyish, edge cienulated ; stem 2-4 in. long, thinner down- 

 wards, base 2, apex 3-4 lines thick, distinctly striate, ad- 

 pressedly fibrillose, colour not white, but paler than the 

 pileus, firm, stufied ; ring evident, white, commonly inter- 

 woven, oblique ; spores 12 x 15 /x. 



Cortinarius (^Telanwnia) hiformis^ Fries, Epicr., p. 299 ; Cke., 

 Ildbk., p. 270 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 869. 



In mixed woods. 



More slender than Cort. informis, more rigid, moist, scarcely 

 hygrophanous, ring sometimes obsolete. Habit of Cort. 

 castaneiis. (Fries.) 



** Stem hecoming violet. 



Cortinarius (Tela.) periscelis. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, campanulate then convex, umbonate, 

 lilac, with a white silkiness, umbo fleshy, the rest mem- 

 branaceous ; gills broadly adnate, crowded, narrow, pallid 

 then dark ferruginous, stem 4 in. long, 8 lines thick, equal, 

 fibrillose, lilac, somewhat ringed with the brownish inter- 

 woven veil, hollow ; spores 7-8 x 4-5 /x. 



Cortinarius (^Telamonia) periscelis, Fries, Epicr., p. 300; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 271 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 838. 



In swamps, under beech-trees, &c. 



Stem 3-4 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, straight, becoming 

 fuscous when dry, base with white down. Pileus 2 in. 

 broad, hygrophanous. (Fries.) 



There are usually several indistinct brownish rings on the 

 stem. 



Cortinarius (Tela.) flexipes. Fr. 

 Pileus |-lj in. across, flesh thin, at first acutely conical, 

 then expanded and acutely umbonate, becoming depressed 

 round the umbo, fibrillosely hoary, then naked, at first very 

 dark bay- brown, then with violet shades, but becoming pale, 

 yellowish in dry weather, tan when old, lacerated; gills 



