226 AGARICACE/E Cortinarius 



1038. C. turgidus Fr. (from the stem, frequently swollen or bulbous ; 



turgidus, swollen) a. 



P. convexo-obtuse, flat, clay-white ; marg. white-silky. St. solid, 

 bulbous, rimoso-striate, surface often undulate, colour as P., 

 with an imperfect Z. G. emarginate, narrow, crowded, whitish 

 to tan. 



Odour strong. Woods, beech. Autumn. 3 x 2\ X f in. 



1039. C. violaeeus Fr. (from the violet colour) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse, flat, villous-scaly, dark purple, smeared 

 copper-brown. St. solid, bulbous, zoned. G. adnate, distant, 

 dark violaceous, clouded cinnamon. Flesh dark blue or dark 

 purple. 



Edible. Taste like that of 792. Woods and open ground. Aug.-Nov. 

 4 X 4 X £ in. Often confounded with 138 and 139. 



1040. C. eyanites Fr. (from the dark blue colour ; Gr. kuanites, dark 



blue) a b. 

 P. convex, flat, not villous-scaly, at first dark blue, then pale 

 turquoise ; marg. fringed with Co. St. solid, bulbous, colour 

 as P., zoned. G. rounded, crowded, turquoise to grey-bluish. 

 Flesh colour as P., becoming reddish, with a red juice. 



Woods, mixed. Oct. 5 x 6 x f in. Yar. majorYx. P. and St. compact ; 

 G. subdistant, cinereous, dark blue ; flesh turning red more slowly than type. 

 When bruised the blue colour changes to salmon. 



1041. C. muricinus Fr. (from the purple colour, as of the mollusc 



Murex) a. 

 P. convex, obtuse, becoming smooth, violaceous to reddish-liver ; 

 marg. whitish, fibrillose. St. bulbous, villous, zoned, not juicy. 

 G. emarginate, subcrowded, colour as St. 



Odour strong. Woods, larch, fir. Oct. 3§ x i\ X f in. 



1042. C. alboviolaeeus Fr. (from the violaceous-white pileus ; albus, 



white, violaeeus, violet) a b. 

 P. convexo-expanded, broadly umbonate or gibbous, dry. St. 

 solid, clavato-bulbous, white villous, zoned. G. adnate, sub- 

 distant, cinereous-violaceous to cinereous-cinnamon. Flesh 

 palest azure-blue. 



Taste insipid ; odour none. Woods, beech, shady places. Sept. -Oct. 

 3^ X 4 X i in. 



1043. C. malaehius Fr. (from the pale purple colour, as of the 



mallow) a. 

 P. convex, obtuse, white fibrillose becoming smooth, lilac, 

 brownish or reddish when dry. St. bulbous, bluish-lilac, then 

 whitish, zoned. G. emarginate, crowded, purple to watery 

 ferruginous. Flesh whitish. 



Odour none. Woods, fir. Sept. 2£ x z\ X § in. Must not be confounded 

 with 1133. 



