36 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGI. 



III. BOLBITIUS (Pink). Ten-estrial. Small. Ephemeral. Pileus 

 mostly .■..iii-al. (nils moist, becoming powdery. (PI. III. % !•) 



IV. CORTINARIUS (Rust- col our). (PI. II.) Terrestrial. Large 

 and small. Veil arachnoid, very distinctive. Divided into six Sub- 

 genera, as follows : 



Phlegmacium. Pileus having continuous pellicle, viscid when 



moist. Veil and Stem dry. 



Myxacium. Pileus glutinous. Veil and Stem viscid, or polished 



AvllCU (ll'V. 



luoloma. Large and handsome. Pileus fleshy, subcompact, 

 dry, silky. Stem bulbous. 



Dermocybo. Pileus thin, dry, not hygrophanous, downy and 

 then glabrous. Stem thin, not bulbous, (jills changeable in 

 colour. 



Telamoiiia. 'Mostly large. Pileus moist, hygrophanous. Stem 

 annulate and woolly. 



Hygrocybe. Pileus thin, glabrous, hygrophanous, not viscid. 

 Cuticle not lacerate. Stem rigid, cartilaginous, naked, smooth. 



V. LEPISTAi (Pallid). Margin involute. Terrestrial. Gills 

 decnrrcnt. ])crsistc>nt. Trama horny. Large. (PL III. fig. 3.) 



VI. PAXILLUS (Brown). Terrestrial and parasitic. Whole 

 plant ferruginous. Margin involute. Stem and flesh confluent. 

 Gills tough, soft, without trama, decurrent. (PI. III. fig. 2.) 



VII. HYGROPHORUS (White). Often brilliantly coloured. 

 Terrestrial. Irregular conical habit. Pileus becoming waxy and 

 hygroj)hanous, and becoming detached from granular trama. Gills 

 sharp-edged. (V]. Til. fig. 4.) 



VIII. GOMPHIDIUS (Green-grey, then black). Terrestrial. 

 Habit peg-shaped, thick. Stem and flesh confluent. Veil uni- 

 versal, glutinous. Gills soft, mucilaginous, decurrent. (PI. III. 



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IX. LACTARIUS (White, and pale yellow). Terrestrial. Stem 



without l>iirk, nuked, fleshy, blunt. Substance not fibrous. Gills 

 unc(pnil, sub-decurrent, exuding milky juice. (PI. IV. fig. 1.) 



X. RUSSULA (White, and pale yellow). Terrestrial. No ved. 

 Stem stout, blunt, polished, spongy. Pileus expanding upwards. 

 Gills equal, rigid, brittle, juiceless. (PI. IV. fig. 2.) 



XI. CANTHARELLUS (White). Terrestrial mostly. No veil. 



' Included in Taxillus by Frios. Separated by W. G. Smith. 



