54 FUXGUS-FLORA. 



adnate, rather distant, broad, purple or umber-violet then 

 cinnamon, margin whitish ; stem 4 in. long, 2 lines thick, 

 equal, flexuous, floccosely squamose below the distinct, in- 

 terwoven white ring, pallid, apex and sometimes every part 

 violet, stufted. 



Cortinarius (Tclamonia') flexipes, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 84; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 271 ; Cke., Illustr., lA. 824a. 



In pine and other woods, &c. 



A very variable species ; when old resembling Cort. evernius 

 in the variation of colour. 



Cortinarius (Tela.) flabellus. Fr. 



Pileus 5-I in. across, submembranaceous, obtusely um- 

 bonate, at first conical then expanded, olive-brown, at first 

 covered with white, suj^erficial scales, silky and tan-colour 

 when dry, becoming cracked and torn into fibrils; gills 

 adnate, connected by veins, crowded, linear, narrow, dark 

 olive, then ferruginous; stem at times short, about 2 in., 

 typically truly elongated, 3-4 in., equal, undulated and 

 flexuous, floccoso-squamose, pallid, apex violet ; veil white, 

 inferior and forming the scales on the stem, sometimes 

 terminating in a perfect, entire ring, sometimes interwoven 

 and oblique, stuffed then hollow. 



Cortinarius {Telamonia) flabellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 300; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 271 ; Cke., Filustr., pi. 824b. 



On the ground in damp places. 



Gregarious ; smell strong, somewhat resembling radishes. 



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Stem and pileus tawny or ferruginous. 



Cortinarius (Tela.) psammocephalus. Fr. 

 Every part tawny-cinnamon, same colour inside ; pileus 

 and stem becoming pale and rather golden when dry; 

 pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, 

 at length umbonate and revolute, cortex broken uj) into 

 minute furfuraceous squamules ; gills sinuato-adnate, arcuate, 

 crowded, 2 lines broad, at length dark, umber-cinnamon; 

 stem about 1-1 J in. long, 2 lines thick, rather attenuated, 

 squumulose and peronate from the veil, cortina fibrillose 

 above, stuffed then hollow ; spores 6 x 4 /a. 



