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then ochraceous-cinnamon ; stalk short, bulbous, compact, shining 

 white, adpressedly flocculose, superior veil pendulous. 

 A rare inhabitant of woods. 



74. Cortinarius glaucopus Fr. — Pileus dingy-tawny or claj-- 

 coloured, very fleshy, at length flattened and unequal, slightly viscid, 

 floccoso-scaly, rarely even, often marked with a raised brown zone 

 near the margin; flesh compact, white or yellowish; gills rounded, 

 emarginate, crowded, bluish-grey, then cinnamon ; stalk solid, very 

 stout, at first short and bulbous, at length elongated and bulb dis- 

 appearing, woolly (chiefly at apex), pallid azure blue, internally 

 paler, yellow at base. 



C. glaucopus is a large species frequent in pine woods, where 

 it commonly grows in numbers. 



75. Cortinarius purpurascens Fr. — Pileus brown, olivaceous- 

 brown, or tawny-olivaceous, spotted, and often depressed round 

 margin, which is sometimes marked with 

 a raised brown zone, fleshy, glutinous ; 

 flesh azure blue; gills sinuate, crowded, 

 pallid grey-blue, then cinnamon, violet- 

 purple when bruised ; stalk solid, thick, 

 bulbous, fibrillose, pallid azure blue, be- 

 coming darker when touched. 



Common in woods, sometimes caespi- 

 tose. 



Sub-genus 2. Myxacium. — There are 

 fourteen British species of Myxacium, only 

 one of which is represented by a model. 

 In Myxaciuin the pileus and stem are glu- 

 tinous, and the gills adnate or decurrent. Fig. 33.— Type form of Myxa- 

 cium. Cortinarius collinitus 

 , rt .. . IT -i. T^ T->-i Fr. (One-fifth natural size.) 



76. Cortinarius collinitus Fr. — Pileus 



fleshy, convex, then expanded, orange- 

 tawny, glutinous ; gills adnate, somewhat 

 crowded, whitish blue-grey or clay- 

 coloured, then cinnamon ; stalk solid, for 

 the most part floccose and glutinous 

 near the top ; in young specimens showing 

 a glutinous, fugacious ring; colour blue- 

 grey or white, sometimes yellowish. 



Common in woods. 



SuB-GENUs 3. Inoloma, — There are 

 nineteen British species of Inoloma, of 

 which two are represented by models. 

 In Jnchuia the pileus is fleshy, dry, at 

 Fig. 34.— Type form of Inoloma. first silky, not hygrophanous ; stalk some- 



fere.qrrfernalurL!sfze.r- what bulboUS, with a Single Veil. 



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