AGAEICINI. 



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Sub-Gen. 6. Hygrocybe. Fr. Epicr. p. 303. 



Pileus generally thin, gla- 

 brous, hjgrophanous, but not 

 viscid, cuticle rigid, not fibro- 

 lacerate ; stem rigid, subcar- 

 tilaginous without, never an- 

 nulated or scaly. 



(Fig. 46.) 



Fig. 46. 



535. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) Azinen:!acus. 



Cortinarius." 



Fr. '- Peach 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, gibbons, even, smooth, 

 tawny-cinnamon (at length tan coloured), shining ; stem stuffed, 

 conical, attenuated, rigid, soft within, as well as the sub-peronate 

 veil white ; gills adnate, crowded, pallid, then tawny cinnamon. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 304. Schcsg. t. 81. Eng, Fl. v. p. 88. Ann. N.H, 

 no. 696. 



In pine woods. [United States.] 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad, campanulate, soon convex, expanded, sometimes 

 acutely umbonate, margin thin, patent, moist, not viscid, when dry tan, in- 

 clining to light red; gills distinct, 2-3 lines broad, vs^hen young watery-cin- 

 namon ; stem 2-3 in. high, 2 lines-2 in. thick, rather soft, sometimes violet 

 above, conic or sub-equal, veil rather woven. — Fries. 



536. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) dilutus. Fr. 



Cortinarius." 



" Bolton's 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, sub-umbonate, smooth, 

 even, opaque, light red ; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, pallid, 

 thickened at the base, veil fibrillose ; gills emarginate, aduexed, 

 broad, crowded, pallid cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr. p. 305. Bolt. 1. 10. 



In woods. Halifax. 



Not found since the time of Bolton. Stem 2-3 in. long, 2-4 lines thick, 

 whitish, at first silky, then becoming smooth. Pileus about 2 m. broad; 

 when moist of a brick-red, tan-coloured when dry, butvariabl ^in either state 

 opaque. Gills deeply emarginate, very ventricose, 3-4 liu. broad, crowded. 



