94 A CATALOGUE OP ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



(85.) COPEINUS STERaUILINUS ; The Dingy Inkcap. 



Habitat. On cow-dang. Singly, or in groups. 



Seaso7t. June to October. Not common. 



Pileus. One to two inches across, dingy grey ; conical, then 

 expanded, sericeo-villose or fibi-illose, then squarrose. Margin 

 sulcate, uneven. 



Stem. Three to five inches high, whitish, attenuate, bulbous, 

 fibrillose. Ring evanescent. 



Section. Flesh thickish at apex, white, fragile. Stem hollow 

 above, solid below. Gills whitish, then lilac, brown, black, and 

 liquescent, numerous, ventricose, free. Odour slight. Taste 

 bland. Spores black. 



Obs. Of very trifling account. It is wholesome, however. — IF. D. H. 



GeniLS CORTINARWS. Sub-genus DERMOCYBE. 



(86.) CORTINARIUS CINNAMOMEUS ; Dermocybe cinna- 

 momea ; The Cinnamon-cap. (PL II. fig. 5.) 



Habitat. In woods. Solitary, or by twos and threes. 



Season. August to October. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, red-bay, silky, at length 

 smooth ; convex, then plane, obtusely umbonate. Margin thin, 

 splitting. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, slender, yellow-brown, equal, 

 minutely fibrillose. Veil yellowish, ax'achnoid. 



Section. Flesh yellowish, thick centrally. Stem stuffed, at 

 length hollow. Gills reddish-yellow, broad, crowded, lustrous, 

 serrate, adnate. Odour and taste like cinnamon or cassia. 

 Spores rusty- brown. 



Obs. It is wholesome, and may be used for the spice it resembles, fresh or 

 dried. -W. D. H. 



Genua CORTINARIUS. Sub-penus HYGROCYBE, 



(87.; CORTINAEIUS CASTANEUS ; Hygrocybe castanea; The 

 Chestnut-cap. 



Habitat, Bare ground in woods and shrubberies. In groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Ono to two inches acro.ss, bay'brown, sleek, at first 



