236 AGARIC ACE^: Cortinarius 



1090. C. urbieus Fr. (from its habitat, near trees and human habita- 



tions ; iirbs, a city) a b. 

 P. hemispherical, convexo-plane, clay-whitish ; marg. crenato- 



torn. St. solid, equal, white zoned. G. emarginate, crowded, 



watery-ferruginous. 

 Grassy places. Sept.-Oct. i\ x 2\ x § in. 



1091. C. lieinipes Fr. (from the woolly stem ; licinium, lint, pes, a 



foot) a b. 



P. campanulate, flat, obtusely umbonate, pale yellow to pallid tan. 



St. stuffed to hollow, equal, whitish, fugitive floccose, villous 



below, annulate. G. adnate, subcrowded, watery cinnamon. 



Odour none. Woods, fir, damp places. Oct. 2\ x 2 x T 3 5 in. Var. 

 robustior Cooke is larger and stouter than type. 



1092. C. mieroeyelus Fr. (from the veil, forming a small circle ; Gr. 



mikros, small, kiiklos, a circle) a b. 



P. campanulato-expanded, reddish-fuscous ; mid. darker, paler 

 when dry. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, whitish, zoned 

 white. G. adnate, distant, lilac to cinnamon. 



Under trees, pines. Oct. i| x 2 x T 3 R in. 



1093. C. torvus Fr. (from its habit, growing in wild places as con- 



trasted with 1090 ; iorvus, savage) a b c. 

 P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, brick-red, brown, coppery or 

 pale brown, shaded purplish. St. solid, clavate or equal, 

 pale violaceous above, whitish and floccoso-scaly below. A. 

 white. G. adnate, thick, distant, becoming purplish-umber 

 and dark cinnamon. Flesh faintly dull purplish, often much 

 eaten by larvae. 



Taste insipid, not unpleasant. Odour disagreeable, like 648. Woods, mixed, 

 beech ; frequent. Aug. -Oct. 4§ X 5J X | in. Intermediate forms occur 

 between this and 1094. 



1094. C. impennis Fr. (from its smoothness as contrasted with 1095 ; 



impewiis, without feathers) a b. 



P. hemispherico-convex, glabrous, brown to reddish ; marg. silky 



and pale violet when young. St. solid to hollow, equal or 



subclavate, fibrillose, pallid, with a white Z. G. adnate or 



emarginate, very broad, cinnamon, shaded flesh-violet, becoming 



watery ferruginous. Substance soft and watery. 



Taste none. Woods, pine., amongst dead leaves. Sept.-Oct. 4§X5^X^ in. 

 Var. luco7-M)i Fr. St. sometimes tinged with violet above. G. emarginate, 

 cinnamon slightly shaded violet. Massee {Eur. Fling. Fl. 192) regards 

 this as a species. 



1095. C. plumiger Fr. (from the scales on the pileus and stem ; 



plumiger, bearing feathers) a. 



P. convexo-plane, umbonate, fuscous, olive-shaded to brick-tan, 

 white floccoso-scaly. St. solid, clavate, floccoso-scaly below, 

 whitish. A. white. G. adnate, scarcely crowded, becoming 

 pale cinnamon. 



Woods, mixed. Sept.-Oct. 2\ x 2\ x ^ in. 



