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494:. Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) coerul33ceiis. Fr. 



"Azure-blue Cortinarius." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, even, viscid; flesh soft; 

 stem solid, attenuated, naked, bluish, then whitish ; bulb mar- 

 ginate ; gills adnexed, crowded, quite entire, at first of a pure 

 dark blue. — -Fr. Epicr. p. 265. Schceff. t. 34, /. 5. Lelell. t. 651. 

 Anfi. N.H., no. 68. Vent. t. 32, f. 1-3. 



In woods. Sept. Oct. [Cincinnati.] 



Pib^us 2j-3 in. broad, at length nearly plane, with the margin repand, of 

 a beiuti*"ul azure blue ; at first vis nid, w len dry marked with a few innate 

 indist'nct sq'iaraiform patches, fleshy, flesh rather firm, not changing to 

 violet when bruisid. Gills rather distant, ainate, subdecarrent, obscurely 

 emarginate, violet, at length stained with t'.ie spores. Ste n o in. high, |-f 

 in. thick, solid, bulbous, of the same colour as the pileus, fibrillose. SmeU 

 like that of radishes.— J/. /. B. 



495. Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) purpurascens. Fr. 



'' Purplish Cortinarius."' 



Pileus compact, dilated, subrepand, grained, viscid ; flesh 

 blue ; stem solid, blunt, fibrillose ; bulb marginate, vanishing ; 

 gills broadly ema/^'inate, crowded, bluish, then clay-coloured 

 cinnamon, purplish when rubbed. — Fr. Epicr.p.2Q6. 



In woods. Common. 



Pileus obtuse, disc compact, 4-5 in broad, bay or bright brown, then tawny 

 olive, with an elevated brown zone. Stem solid, thick, bulbous, pale blue. 

 Gills 3 lines and more broad. 



498. Cortinarius (Phlegmacmm) dibaphus. Fr. "Spotted 



Cortinarius."' 



Pileus fleshy, piano-depressed, smooth, viscid, variegated ; 

 flesh yellow, under the cuticle yiolet ; stem stuffed, fibrillose, 

 shining, yellow, purplish above ; bulb marginate ; gills adnate, 

 somewhat crowded, quite entire, ferruginous purple. — Fr, Epicr. 

 ^.266. Saund. ^' Sm. i.t. 10. 



In woods. 



Stem 3 in. high, \ in. thick. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, purplish, disc yellow, 

 at length spotted with lilac and repand. — FHes. Spores, with an apiculus 

 at both ends, -0004 X "0003 in. 



497. Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) turbinatus. Fr. "Top- 

 shaped Cortinarius." 



Pileus fleshy, plane, then depressed, even, viscid, of one 

 colour, smooth, growing pale ; flesh white, soft ; stem stufl'ed, 

 Eub-equal, shining, whitish ; bulb marginate ; gills attenuated, 

 isabelline, then ferruginous. — Fr. Epicr. p. 266. Bull. i. 110. 

 Eng.Fl.Y. p. 31*. 



