98 FUNGL'S-FLOKA. 



Cort'inarius (Plilegmac{in)i) varius, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 8 ; 

 Cke., Hclbk., p. 238: Cke., lllustr., pi. 698. 



Agaricus varius, Schaeff., t, 9. 



In woods. 



The stem is sometimes taller and almost equal, pileus 

 tawny-yellow, <;ills blue. 



Very variable in size, but nearly constant in colour. 

 Differs from the two last (A. glaucojpus and G. callochrous) in 

 never having- a blue tint on the stem. Gills, when young, 

 pale (purj^lish, the margin yellow, Schseff.), at length dilute, 

 of a clay colour inclining to cinnamon. Stem short or 

 elongated, marginato-bulbous or nearly equal, even or scaly. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg. ) cyanopus. Fr. 



Pileus 2— o in. across, flesh thick, hemispherical then ex- 

 panded, even, viscid, margin thin, glabrous, livid-bay or 

 dingy tawny-brown ; gills adnate then adnexed and emar- 

 ginate, broad, rather crowded, violet, becoming paler ; btem 

 about 2 in. long, violet then whitish, naked above the superior, 

 thin veil, 1 in. or more thick, bulb depressed, oblique. 



Cortinarius (Plilegmaciurri) cyanopus. Fries, Fpicr., p. 258 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 238 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 699. 



In woods. 



Flesh of pileus not tinged violet, but dirty at first ; flesh 

 of stem faintly variegated with violet upwards. Bulb large, 

 spongy, depressed, often oblique, more or less rhomboid but 

 not marginate. Pileus livid-bay then tan-colour. Gills in 

 the same cluster var^^ng from intense violet to almost 

 white. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) variicolor. Fr. 



Pileus 4-5 in. across, flesh thick at the centre, thin towards 

 the margin, convex then expanded and discoid, viscid, red- 

 dish-ljay, the tomentose margin violet ; gills slightly emar- 

 ginate with a decurrent tooth, somewhat arcuate, crowded, 

 bluish-tan then cinnamon ; stem 4-5 in. long, 1 in. or more 

 thick, base bulbous, diffused upwards into the pileus, at first 

 downy, blue then whitish, solid, flesh coloured like the 

 outside; spores 9-10 x 5 /x. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) variicolor, Fries, Epicr., p. 259 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 239; Cke., lllustr., ph 700. 



