A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 95 



silvery with veil ; convex, sub-uinbonate, expanding. Margin pale, 

 rimulose, perhaps elevated. 



Stem. One to two inches high, violet-brown, silvery from veil, 

 slender, fibrillose, even, rigid. Veil white, silvery, delicate, 

 arachnoid. 



Section. Flesh thin, discoloured. Stem stuffed, at length 

 hollow. Gills violet-umber, then bay-brown, crowded, unequal, 

 broad, fixed, adnate. Odourless. Flavour strong but agreeable. 

 Spores rusty-brown. 



Obs. A very good esculent. Resembles the Oread when dressed like it. — 

 W. D. H. 



Genus CORTINARIUS. Snb-genus INOLOMA. 



(88.) CORTINARIUS VIOLACEUS ; Inoloma violacsa; The 

 Imperial. 



Habitat. In woods, especially of pine. In groups. 



Season. August to October. Not common. 



Pileus. Three to six inches across, dark purple, velvety, villose ; 

 convex, then expanding, plane, rounded. Marginat first fimbriate 

 with veil. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, dark purple, cylindrical, 

 tomentose, swollen below. Veil silvery, arachnoid. 



Section. Flesh violet, thick, juicy. Stem stuffed, spongy. Gills 

 purple, soon tawny, brown, thick, fixed, broad, distant, unequal, 

 adnate. Odour and taste appetizing. Spores rusty-brown- 



Obt. A singularly handsome species, and a rich and luscious esculent. It 

 has always been highly extolled by those who have tried it, and it is perfectly 

 •wholesome. — W. D. H. 



Genus CORTINARIUS. Sub-genus MYXACWM. 



(89.) CORTINARIUS COLLINITUS ; Myxacium collinitum ; 

 The Glue-cap. (PI. II, fig. 2.) 



Habitat. In woods and on heaths. Singly, or scattered. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, ochry-brown, viscid, 

 shining ; convex, then expanded, rounded, even. Margin thin. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, white, veil forming a silky 

 glutinous coat, which cracks and exposes a red-brown surface 



