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AGARICINI. 



Suh-Gen. 1. Phlegmacium, Fr. Epicr. p. 256. 



Pileus -with a continuous 

 pellicle, viscid when moist; 

 veil (and consequently the 

 stem) dry, not glutinous. 



{Fig. 41, reduced.) 



Fig. 41. 



486. Cortinairius (Phlegmacium) caperatus. 



Cortinarius." 



Fr. "Wrinkled 



Pileus fleshy, ovate, then expanded, obtuse, moist, incrusted 

 with superficial white flocci ; stem stout, smooth, white, squamu- 

 lose at the apex, from the broken, reflexed, membranaceous 

 ring ; gills fixed, seceding, serrate, crowded, clay-coloured. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p.^o^y. Fl. Dan. 1. 167 b. Kromhh.t. 7 3, f. 10-12. Bot. E. 

 Bord.t.9. Ann.N.H.no.Gdl. 



In woods. Sept. Berwickshire. Lancashire. 



Pileus, ring, and stem presenting deeper or lighter shades of ferruginoas 

 orange, dusted with pulverulent particles, which consist of obovate pedicel- 

 late cells, the sides of which are sometimes proliferous. Spores bright fer- 

 ruginous, '0004 in. long.— 3/. J.B. 



487. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) varius. 



Cortinarius." 



Fr. " Variable 



Pileus compact, hemispherical, then expanded, even, viscid, 

 discoid ; margin smooth ; flesh white ; stem solid, short, with 

 conical adpressed flocci, whitish ; gills emarginate, crowded, quite 

 entire, purplish, at length clay-coloured or cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr, 

 p.2bS. Schceff.tA2. Eng. Fl.Y.p.^7 . 



In woods. Sept. — Nov. [Cincinnati.] 



Very variable in size, but nearly constant in colour, never having a blue 

 tint on the stem ; pills when young pale (purplish, margin yellow), at length 

 dilute, of a clay colour, inclining to cinnamon. Stem short or elongated, 

 marginato-bulbous, or nearly equal, even or scaly. — Fries. 



