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517. Cortinaxius (Dermocybe) anomalus. Fr. "Thin-capped 



Cortinarius." 



Pileiis fleshy, thin, convex, obtuse, then gibbous, dingy-rufous, 

 discoloured with evanescent fibrils ; stem somewhat stuffed, thin, 

 attenuated, fibrillose, rather scaly, pallid-violaceous ; gills crowded, 

 with a decurrent tooth, bluish-purple, then cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr, 

 p. 286. BulLt.4.31,f.3. LeteU.t.G34.. BerJc.0utl.t.UJ.4..Eng, 

 Fl.Y.p.Se. 



In woods. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, very obtuse, sometimes broadly, but very flatly -nm- 

 bonate. iinged at first with violet, minutely silky, so as to present a white 

 satiny appearance, gradually changing to ochraceons or slightly tawny, flesh 

 thick, escept at the extreme margin, which has often traces of the arachnoid 

 veil dusted with the spores ; gills close, rounded behind, at first violet, at 

 length pale ferruginous ; stem 2j in. high, fin. thick, in the middle sub- 

 bulbous, more or less tinged with violet, soiid, fibrillose. wdth more or less 

 distinct, transverse, closely pressed, brownish scales, whicli originate in the 

 veil, the top adorned with the descending fibres of the veil, which form a 

 spurious ring ; beneath this there is sometimes another red circle, which is 

 the true ring.— J/. /. B. 



518. Cortinarius (Dermocybe) spilomeus. Fr. ''Scaly- 



stemmed. Cortinarius." 



Pileus sli.o'htly fleshy, gibbous, dry, becoming smooth, brownish, 

 changing colour ; stem nearly hollow, thin, white or lilac, varie- 

 gated with rufous or tawny scales ; gills emarginate, crowded, 

 narrow, bluish-lilac, pallid, at length cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 287. Eng.Fl.Y.p.^D. Sow. t 384: J. I ? 



In woods. King's Cliffe, Bristol. [United States.] 



Pileus 1 in. broad, slightly fleshy, colour various, when young whitish, 

 then ferruginous, tinged with fuscous, yellowish when dry. Gills violet, then 

 lilac, at length cinnamon. Stem 2-4 in. high, 2-3 hnes thick, white, tinged 

 with violet. — Fries. 



519. Cortinarius (Dermocybe) sanguineus. Fr. "Blood-red 



Cortinarius." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, obtuse, innate, silky, or squamulose ; stem 

 stuffed, then hollow, thin, equal, as well as the veil, dark blood- 

 red ; gills crowded, rather broad, darker. — Fr. Epicr. p. 288. 

 Jacq. ^Coll. ii. t. 15, /. 3. Sow. t. 43. Bolt. t. 56. Eng. Fl.v.p. 87. 

 Kromhh. t. 2,/. 28, 30. Fl. Boruss. t. 385. 



In woods. 



Pilous about 1 in. across, convex, blood-red ; gills sometimes adnate, some- 

 times pmarginate ; stem stufi"ed. then hollow. — Fries. Dried specimens re- 

 tain their colour many years. Spores •1)0025 X 'OuOlZ in- 



