190 AGAKICINI. 



537. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) castaneus. Fr. "Chestnut 



Cortinarius." 



Pilens somewhat fleshy, firm, campanulate or convex, then 

 expanded or gibbous, even, chestnut (shming) ; stem cartila- 

 ginous, stuffed, then hollow, even, violaceous, or pallid-rufescent ; 

 veil white, fibrillose ; gills fixed, ventricose, rather crowded, 

 violet, then ferruginous. — Fr. Epicr.p. 307. Bull. t. 268. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p.89. 



In woods and gardens. Common. Esculent. 



[United States.] 



Gregarious. Pilcus 1 in. or more broad, sub-carnose, at first obtuse, with 

 a delicate fibrillose veil, which uiakes the margin appear silvery, dark bay 

 or dirty violet, sometimes with a tawny tint, soon exp;inded, broadly um- 

 bonate ; umbo more or less obtuse; gills of the colour of the pileus, or 

 purplish umber, at length sub-ferruginous, ventricose, adnate. Stem l.j in. 

 high, 2 lines thicl\, beautifully fibrillose, and white from the veil beneath, 

 much paler than the pileus, but with more or less of the same tint, some- 

 times tinged with violet. Odour none ; taste hke Marasmius orecules. — M. J.B. 



538. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) Reedii. Betk. "Reed's 



Cortinarius." 



Pileus conical, then expanded and strongly umhonate, smooth, 

 shining, persistently brow'n, disc areolate, margin ssplitting ; stem 

 white, solid, fibrilloso-striate, slightly bulbous; veil fibrillose, 

 evanescent; gills broad, ventricose, ascending, attenuated be- 

 hind, free, white or pallid, then cinnamon. — Berk. Oatl.p. 194. 

 Huss.ii. t. 45. 



Amongst moss and beech mast. May. Hayes. Surrey. 



Stem 1^-2 in. high. Flesh palHd. Tasteless and scentless. 



539. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) rigens. Fr. " Eigid 



Cortinarius." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, conical, soon convex, obtuse, even, 

 smooth, opaque, clay-coloured ; stem cartilaginous, rigid, root- 

 ing, smooth, naked, white, somewhat attenuated upwards ; gills 

 adnate, sub-decurrent, broad, distant, clay-coloured, then dark 

 cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr.p. 311. Ann. N.H. no. 931. 



In woods. Mossburnford. 



Stem clastic, ricid, and tough, pallid when moist, white when dry, 2-4 in. 

 long, 2-5 lin. thick. Veil scarcely manifest. Pileus 1-2 in. or more broad. 

 Flesh raiher firm, white. 



