64 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



in the firmer, somewhat club-shaped stem, flattened pileus 

 (not gihbous), at first white then yellowish, broader gills at 

 length somewhat ochraceous. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) anomalus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, remarkably convex then 

 -expanded and gibbous, smoky then w^ith a rufons tinge, 

 hoary froai evanescent fibrils, at length yellowish, not 

 hygrophanous ; flesh white w^hen dr^^ not splitting ; gills 

 sometimes adnate, at others emarginate, with a decurrent 

 tooth, thin, crowded, more or less tinged violet or greyish- 

 purple, at length cinnamon ; stem stuffed then hollow, 2-3 

 in. long, 3 lines thick, attenuated, slightly peronate, 

 flbrillose or rather squamulose, violet above, whitish down- 

 wards, at length becoming pale and yellowish ; spores 

 broadly elliptical, 8-9 X 7 /x. 



Cortinarius (^Dermocyhe) anomalus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 62 ; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 259 ; Cke., Illustr., p. 776. 



In woods. 



Gregarious, small, flesh watery, veil coloured, gills some- 

 times emarginate, sometimes decurrent, violet, purplish, or 

 grey, always thin and narrow. In pine woods it is sometimes 

 more slender, stem thin, equal, glabrous, and flexuous. 

 (Fries.) 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, very obtuse, sometimes broadly but 

 ^ery flatly umbonate, tinged at first with violet, minutely 

 silky so as to joresent a white satiny appearance, gradually 

 changing to ochraceous or slightly tawny; flesh thick, 

 except at the extreme margin, which has often traces of the 

 arachnoid veil dusted with the sporules. Gills close rounded 

 behind, at first violet, at length pale ferruginous. Stem 

 2h in. high, ^} in. thick, in tlie middle subbulbous, more 

 or less tinged with violet, solid, fibrillose with more or 

 less distinct transverse closely-pressed brownish scales, 

 which originate in the veil ; the top is adorned with the 

 descending fibres of the veil, which form a sjourious ring 

 dusted with the sporules, and beneath this there is some- 

 times another red circle wdiich is the true ring. (Berk.) 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) spilomeus. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, convex then expanded, gibbous, 

 almost glabrous, not hygrophanous, rufous or tan-colour; 



