232 AGARIC ACEvE Cortinarius 



1071. C. miltinus Fr. (from the colour, like red lead, Gr. miltos) 



a b. 

 P. expanded, gibbous or subumbonate, bay-brown-cinnamon to 

 brick-red. St. hollow, attenuate upwards, cinnamon, reddish 

 or crimson, salmon above and below, zoned red with Co. 

 G. adnate, crowded, reddish-cinnamon to ferruginous. Flesh 

 rose in St., pale brown in P. 



Odour none. Woods, mixed, mossy places. Oct. if X \\ X j ff in. 



1072. C. einnabarinus Fr. (from the vermilion colour; cinnabaris, 



vermilion) a b c. 

 P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, vivid scarlet-red. St. equal, 

 solid, colour as P. G. adnate or subdecurrent, blood-red, and 

 then blood-sienna. Flesh orange-vermilion in P., vermilion 

 in St. 



Taste mushroom-like ; odour of radish. Woods, beech. Sept. -Oct. 

 2 x 2| X | in. Wholly dark-brown when dry. 



1073. C. sanguineus Fr. (from the wholly blood-red colour ; sanguis, 



blood) a b c. 

 P. convex, obtuse, plane. St. equal, stuffed to hollow. G. 

 adnate. 



Odour of radish. Woods, pine, oak. Sept.-Nov. 2\ X 2\ X \ in. Giving 

 out a blood-red juice when pressed. Sometimes very small. 



1074. C. anthraeinus Fr. (from the colour of the stem and gills, like 



burning coal, Gr. anthrax) a b c. 

 P. convex, umbonate, dark chestnut. St. hollow, equal, deep 

 blood-red, fuscous below. G. rounded adnate, crowded, red 

 to fiery-red, blood-red when bruised. 



Woods, amongst moss. Aug.-Sept. \\ X if X £ in. 



1075. C. einnamomeus Fr. (from the cinnamon colour) a b c. 



P. expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, somewhat pale or bright 

 cinnamon. St. stuffed to hollow, zoned. G. adnate, crowded, 

 blood-red, red-cinnamon, saffron, golden, or light yellow. 

 Flesh yellowish. 



Tasteless. Woods, mixed, fir ; common. Aug. -Feb. Variable in size. 

 Large 2§ X3J X T 5 B in. Small f X if X £ in. Var. semisanguineus Fr. 

 G. blood-red. Var. crocens Fr., smaller than type. G. yellowish or olive. 

 Intermediate forms occur between the type and its varieties. 



1076. C. eroeeoeonus Fr. (from the saffron colour of the conical 



pileus ; croceus, saffron, conns, a cone) a. 

 P. conical, campanulate, acutely umbonate, tawny-cinnamon to 

 yellowish-tawny. St. stuffed to hollow, yellow, zoned. 

 G. adnexo-rounded, crowded, yellow to cinnamon. Flesh 

 vellow. 



Woods, pine, mossy places. Autumn. 1 x i£ X ^ in. 



