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54:0. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) leucopus. Fr. " "Wliite- 



stemmed Cortinarius." 



Pileus rather fleshy, conical, then expanded, at length iim- 

 bonate, even, smooth, light red, shining; stem stuffed, then 

 hollow, equal, white ; gills sub-adnexed, ventricose, crowded, 

 pallid, then cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr.p. 311. Bull. t. 533,/. 2. 



In woods. 



Stem 1-2 in. long, 2-4 lin. tHck, soft, white. Pileus scarcely an incli broad, 

 moist, but not viscid, liglit red, tan-coloured when dry. Gills adnexed, 

 seceding, crowded, ventricose, pallid, then cinnamon, edge quite entire and 

 of the same colour. (Fig. 46, reduced.) 



541. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) decipiens. Fr. "Deceptive 



Cortinarius." 



Pileus submembranaceous, conical, smooth, shining, bay- 

 brown (brick-red), at length depressed around the somewhat 

 fleshy, prominent, darker umbo ; stemsub-fistulose, equal, slender, 

 covered with a pallid, separable cuticle, internally rather bright 

 brown ; gills adnate, thin, somewhat crowded, ferruginous brown. 

 Fr.JSp. p. 312. Pers. Si/n.p.2Sd. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.IL[1866), 

 wo. 1129. 



In woods. Sept. King's Clifi'e. [United States.] 



Stem 2-4 in. long 1-2 lines thick, straight or flexuose, pale rufous, or 

 spotted with brick-red. Pileus about an inch broad, smooth, shining, bay, 

 umbo darker, margin when mature finely striate. 



542. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) acutus. Fr. "Acute 



Cortinarius." 



Pileus membranaceous, conical, acutely umbonate, striate, 

 light reddish-brown (at length tan-coloured and even) ; stem 

 fistulose, equal, slender, flexuose, growing pale, veil fugacious, 

 white ; gills adnate, rather crowded, thin, narrow, quite entire, 

 ochraceous. — Fr. Epicr.p. 314. Ann. N.H. no. 797. 



On moist spots in fir woods. [United States.] 



Csespitose, with the habit of a Galera, Stem slender, 3 in or more long, 

 1-2 lines thick. Veil adhering to the margin, fibrillose, white. 



543. Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) Junghuhnii. Fr. " Jung- 



huhn's Cortinarius." 



Pileus rather fleshy, thin, conical, then expanded, papillate, 

 clothed with innate, white, thin fibrils, persistently rather vel- 

 vety, shining cinnamon ; stem stufi"ed, equal, sub-tiexuous, pale 



