CORTINARIUS. 100 



distant, tawny or ferruginous from the spores ; stem solid, 

 short, yellow, densely librilloso from the yellow veil (viscid 

 in moist weather), woolly, about 3 in. long when adult, bulb 

 depressed, marginate, oblique ; spores elliptical, 9 x 5 /x. 



Cortinarius fulgens, Fries, Epicr., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 244; Cke., Illustr., pi. 710. 



In woods. 



Very showy, robust, tawny-golden, woolliness of the stem 

 viscid when young. 



Cortinarius ( Phleg. ) fulmineus. Fr. 



Pileus lh-2 in. across, flesh thick, convex then almost 

 plane, viscid, tawny, margin orange, with small aggluti- 

 nated rust-coloured scales ; gills rounded behind, adnexed, 

 crowded, Ih line broad, at first jiure yellow ; stem about 1 in. 

 long, ^-| in. thick, yellow, apex with a white veil, solid, 

 bulb large, marginate, rooting, more or less triangular in. 

 section; spores elliptic-fusiform, rough, 10 X 5-0 /x. 



Cortinarius (PJilegmaciuni) fulmineus, Fries, Epicr., p. 267 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 244 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 717. 



In shady woods. 



Very short, robust, sweet. Stem not filamentous, slightly 

 viscid at first, bulb larger than the pileus. Pileus tawny ^ 

 almost brown, margin orange. Flesh thick, white, often 

 yellow at the margin or tinged yellow everywhere. (Fries.)' 



Differing from C corrosus in the yellow stem and presence- 

 of agglutinate scales on the viscid pileus. C. fulgens diff'ers 

 from the present species in the spongy, pale tan-coloured 

 flesh. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) orichalceus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded^ 

 glabrous, covered with a viscid pellicle, reddish-tawny, disc 

 rubiginous, cracked into squamules, margin becoming livid ; 

 gills somewhat sinuate or rounded behind, annexed, 3-4 lines 

 broad, greenish sulphur-colour; stem 2-3 in. long, h in. 

 thick, equal, fibrillose, yellowish, mai-ginately bulbous, solid. 



Cortinarius (^Phlegmacium) orichalceus, Fries., Epicr., p. 267 ^ 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 244; Cke., Illustr., pi. 754. 



Under pine-trees, &c. 



Flesh sometimes white, yellow or greenish-yellow at the 



