112 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Coriinariiis (Flilegmacium) Jierpeticiis, Fries, Epicr., p. 268 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 245 ; Cke., Illiistr., pi. 849. 

 In woods, &c. 



ttt ELASTICI. 

 * Gills loJiitish, then tan or dingy cinnamon. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) cumatilis. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 ill. across, flesh tliin excei:)t at the disc, convex 

 then expanded, obtuse, disc brownish, remainder pale dingy 

 lilac, covered with bluish-violet tinted gluten ; gills adnexed, 

 crowded, narrow, margin serrate, white then tan-coloiir ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, h in. or more thick at the apex, somewhat 

 bulbous, and attenuated upwards, apex a little cortinate, 

 universal veil forming an abrupt volva at the base, whitish. 



Cortinarius {Plilegmaciuni) cumatilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 269 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 246 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 726. 



In copses, &c. 



A very fine species, sometimes solitary, stem stout, bul- 

 bous ; at others caespitose, stem longer and curved, universal 

 veil membranaceous, agglutinated at the base, but separable, 

 at first continuous with the blue pellicle of the pileus > 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) serarius. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, gibbous, 

 unpolished, opaque, reddish-tan ; stem solid, equal, fibrillose, 

 shining, white, as is also the flesh ; gills arcuately adnexed, 

 with a deeurrent tooth, crowded, pale tan-colour. 



Cortinarius (Plilegmaciuni) serarius, Fries, Epicr., p. 269 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 246. 



In woods. 



{Stem 4 in. long, entirely fibrous. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, 

 even and glabrous but not polished, somewhat silky-pruinose ; 

 reddish-tan coloured, by which it is more especially dis- 

 tinguished. Flesh 3 lines thick, with a hyaline line near 

 the gills. (Fries.) 



Having seen a copy of Fries's drawings of this species, we 

 are of opinion that the evidence of its being British is very 



