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flesh white, at first compact then soft, that of the pileus 

 "becoming tinged yellow; gills emarginate, free or with a 

 minute decurrent tooth, very thin, crowded, straight, not 

 broad, at first white then yellowish-tan ; stem solid, 2-4 in. 

 long, about i in. thick, equal or attenuated, somewhat 

 glabrous or adpressedly fibrillose, naked (not pruinose) 

 white, then yellowish, bulb oblong, globose, or depressed, 

 1 in. thick ; spores ochraceous, rough, 10-12 X 5 /x. 



Cortinarius{PliJegmacium) multiformis. Fries, Epicr., j). 263; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 241 ; Cke., Illiistr., pi. 708. 



In woods. 



Distinguished by the absence of a violet tinge, not hygi o- 

 phanous, flesh white, gills crowded, serrulate, at first whitif-h. 

 (Fries.) 



Var. flavescens, Cke., Hdbk., p. 241 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 709. 



Similar in size to the typical form ; j^ileus tawny-yellow, 

 flesh tinged yellow, deep j'ellow at base of stem ; gills yellow. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) napus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh firm, white, with a horny line 

 near the gills ; convex then plane, obtuse, even, glabrous, 

 glutinous, smoke-colour then tawny-bay, margin broken ; 

 gills emarginate, rather distant, broad, crisped, smoky-white, 

 sides hyaline ; bulb distinct, obconic, acutely and obliquely 

 marginate, from this springs the stem, about 2 in. long, h i^i. 

 thick, equal, ascending, glabrous, firm, white, base at length 

 yellowish; spores elliptical, smooth, 10 x o /x. 



Cortinarius (Flilegmacium) najms, Fries, Epicr., p. 263 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 241 : Cke., Hluslr., pi. 710. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Allied to C. rapaceiis, but quite distinct in the broad, 

 crisped, rather distant, smoky-white gills. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) allutus. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thiu, rufescent, conical 

 then convex, finally expanded and sometimes de23ressed, 

 smooth, viscid, reddish russet, margin darker; gills adnate, 

 rather crowded, crenulate, thin, whitish then rufescent; 

 stem about 1 in. long, viscid, white, apex mealy, reddish- 

 striate below, marginately bulbous. 



