218 AGARICACE^: Cortinarius 



992. C. napus Fr. (from the turnip-shaped base of the stem ; napus, 



a turnip) a. 

 P. convexo-plane, obtuse, fuliginous or date-brown-tawny ; marg. 



fringed with Co. St. white, becoming yellowish below. G. 



emarginate or broadly adnate, subdistant, crisped. 

 Woods, pine. Oct. 2§ X I £ X § in. 



993. C. allutus Fr. (from its viscidity ; allutus, bathed) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, reddish-russet or orange-yellow. St. viscid, 

 white above, reddish-striate below. G. adnate, subcrowded, 

 thin, crenulate. 



Woods, pine. Oct. i| x if X T 3 F in. 



994. C. talus Fr. (from the base of the stem, like swollen ankles ; 



talus, an ankle bone) a b. 

 C. convexo-plane, dull ochre ; marg. faintly olivaceous. St. 



smooth, tan or dull ochreous tan. G. adnato-emarginate. 



Flesh pallid whitish. 

 Woods. Sept. -Nov. 3§ X 2§ x | in. 



995. C. glaueopus Fr. (from the pale blue stem ; Gr. glmtkos, pale 



blue, J>ous, a foot) a b. 



P. convexo-expanded, unequal, dull ochre, commonly floccoso- 



scaly with a raised dark zone at marg. St. fibrilloso-woolly and 



steel-blue above, base ochreous. G. rounded emarginate, 



crowded. 



In troops. Woods, pine, beech ; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 3i X 2i x f in. 

 Becomes bright violet when cut or bruised. 



996. C. ealoehrous Fr. (from its beautiful colours ; Gr. kalos, 



beautiful, ckros, colour) a b c. 

 P. convexo-expanded, guttate, tawny; marg. yellow. St. fibril- 

 lose, tan, yellow at base. G. emarginate, crowded, serrate. 



Taste acrid ; odour fetid. Woods, oak, beech, pastures ; frequent. Sept.- 

 Nov. 2§ x 2.\ x f in. 



997. C. eseruleseens Fr. (from the azure-clouded pileus ; cceruleiis, 



azure) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, dull yellow, clouded pale purple, sometimes 



dull or bright purple or violet. St. at first fibrillose, faint or 



deep purple, bright or dull. G. adnate, thin, crowded. Flesh 



pale violaceous. 



Taste insipid ; odour almost obsolete. Mixed woods, mossy places ; frequent. 

 Aug. -Nov. 2^ x 2§ x § in. Not changing colour when broken. 



998. C. purpuraseens Fr. (from the gills becoming purple when 



bruised) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, then repand, brown clouded with purple at the 



sometimes zoned marg. St. solid, fibrillose, clouded pale 



brown and blue. G. emarginate, crowded. 



Single or caespitose. Mixed woods, beech, pine ; common. Sept. -Nov. 

 4-4 X 3 X l£ in. The purple hues have sometimes a tendency to crimson. 



