76 FUXGUS-FLORA. 



and for the most part cracked into squamules, dark violet, 

 sometimes purple-violet, mar|L!;in at first involute, flesh soft, 

 deeper-coloured than -the pileus; gills somewhat adnate, 

 firm, distant, connected by veins, broader than the flesh of 

 the pileus, dark, ; almost blackish-violet then cinnamon- 

 colour from the spores, but violet when the spores are fallen ; 

 stem solid, stout, remarkably bulbous, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. 

 thick, spongy, sofr, at first tomentose, then fibrillose, dark 

 violet, inside greyish-violet; veil woolly, blue, then ferru- 

 ginous from the falling spores; spores 12-14 X 9-10 /x. 



Corfinarius (Inoloma) violaceiis, Linn., Cke., Hdbk., p. 252 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 770. 



In woods. 



Easily distinguished from allied forms by being dark 

 violet both outside and inside, the villoso-squamulose pileus, 

 ■and distant gills. (Fries.) 



Large, handsome. Pileus 3-6 in. broad, obtuse, expanded. 

 Gills, when young deep violet, almost black. Stem 4 in. 

 high, wdien young subtomcntose. (Fries.) 



If attention be paid to tlie sporules and arachnoid veil, 

 there will be no danger of confounding this with any of the 

 varieties of A. j^ersoiiatus. (Berk.) 



Cortinarius (Ino.J cyanites. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, fleshy, obtuse, silky, becoming 

 ■smooth, pale sky-blue; gills adnexed, rounded behind, some- 

 •what crowded, at first clear steel-blue ; stem 3-5 in. long, 

 |— I in. thick at the apex, bulbous, smooth, sky-blue, con- 

 taining a blood-red juice ; spores elliptical, 10 X 5-6 yu,. 



Cortinarius (Inoloma^ cyanites, Fries, Epicr., p. 279 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 252.' 



In woods. 



The stem gives out a blood-red juice when compressed. 

 Pileus at length glabrous, livid-brownish. Flesh at first 

 pale sky-blue, then dingy white, and often tinged red. 



Var. major. Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 361. Pileus and stem 

 fleshy, tardily becoming reddish ; gills rather distant, dark 

 bluish-grey. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius ( Ino.) muricinus. Fr. 

 Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then exj)anded, obtuse, 

 becoming smooth, violaceous then with a reddish tiuge, 



