CORTINARIUS. 99 



In pine woods, &c. 



Very hard, compact, sweet ; stem solid, much expanded 

 into the pileus ; colour at first bay (rarely entirely covered 

 with violet down), then reddish. (Fries.) 



Var. nemorensis, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 339 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 239 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 863. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, yellowish -baj^ bluish at first near 

 the margin, compact, at first smooth, viscid, soon dry, opaque, 

 pilosely rivulose. stem 3 in. long, clavate, hollow and mealy 

 at the apex, gills rounded behind and rather decurrent. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) largus. Fr. 



Pileus 4:-Q in. across, fleshy especially at the disc, margin 

 thin, convex then flattened, very obtuse, tan-colour or tawny 

 brick-red, slightly viscid, adpressedly silky-fibrillose when 

 dry, rivuloso-squamulose towards the margin, as a rule, 

 sometimes squamulose ; when young the pileus is sometimes 

 violet, and also violet at the margin when mature; gills 

 sometimes adnate, sometimes emarginate, crowded, up to 

 ^ in. broad, greyish-tan then cinnamon; stem solid, some- 

 times short, slightly bulbous, 2h in. long, usually elongated, 

 4-5 in. long, 1 in. or more thick, equal, often curved or 

 ascending, fibrillose everywhere, superior veil pendulous, 

 above which the stem is pruinose, white tinged violet, some- 

 times red w^hen bruised, flesh of the stem entirelj^ fibrillose, 

 firm, greyish-white, becoming whitish when exposed to the 

 air, flesh of pileus similar; spores 12-14 x 7 //. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmaciwni) largus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 10; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 239 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 701. 



In woods, &c. 



Subcaespitose, large. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) riederi. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh watery, thin except at the disc, 

 €ampanulate then expanded, even, glutinous, ochraceous, 

 ishining when dry; gills adnate, rather thick, margin 

 irregular, lilac then cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. long, f in. 

 thick at the base, clavate, lilac, silky-fibrillose; spores 

 elliptical, smooth, 12 X 5 /x. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmaciuni) riederi. Fries, Epicr., p. 259 ; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 239 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 702. 



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