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AGARICACE^ 



Cortinarms 



Subgenus 2. Myxacium. 

 (From the glutinous pileus and stem ; Gr. muxa, mucus.) 



Veil universal, glutinous. Pileus fleshy, glutinous, somewhat thin. 

 Stem scarcely bulbous, viscid, more or less zoned. Gills adnate or 

 decurrent. (Fig. 54.) 



a. 



Fig. 54. — Cortinarms ( Myxaciuiii) collinitus Fr. 



a, section of mature example ; b, young state. 



One-third natural size. 



CollinitcB. Stem floccoso-peronate, the flocci at first covered 



with gluten. 1022—1027 



Delibutce. Veil entirely viscid. Stem not floccoso-peronate, 



viscid, with a varnished appearance when dry. 1028 — 1034 



Gills whitish, then clay-colour. 1028 



Gills at first violaceous, dark blue or reddish. 1029 — 1031 



Gills at first ochraceous or cinnamon. 1032 — 1034 



a. Collinitce. 



1022. C. arvinaeeus Fr. (from the viscid greasy pileus and stem ; 



arvina, grease) a b 



P. flat, slightly depressed, repand, orange-tawny ; marg. striate. 

 St. solid, equal, silky-viscid, white. Co, fugitive, forming an 

 imperfect Z. G. adnato-decurrent, subdistant, crenulate, straw 

 or ochreous-tan to bright ochreous. 



Woods, beech. Oct. 3J x Si x i m - 



1023. C. eollinitus Fr. (from the pileus and stem, besmeared with 



gluten ; collifio, to besmear) a b c. 

 P. convexo-flat, obtuse, orange-tawny or umber, white-patched 

 with Co. ; marg. not striate. St. solid, equal or attenuate 



