30 THE FUNGI OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 



darker scales. Stem short, stout, solid, ochraceous, darker at base, 

 nearly eqvial (2-3 inches long, ^ inch thick), paler than the pileus, 

 marked below with concentric, darker, squamose bands. Gills rather 

 broad, somewhat distant, emarginate, violet, then watery cinnamon. 

 Spores elliptical, 12x4 /i." — Cke, in ** Grevillea,'' vol. XVI., p. 44. 

 Illus. t. 837. 



This has occurred more or less abundantly every year since its dis- 

 covery in 1884, on the wooded slope to the south of the gully on Durdham 

 Down, where also many other rare Cortinarii may be found ; and I am 

 not aware that it has yet been met with in any other locality. The 

 colours in the above-quoted figure are scarcely bright enough, the gills 

 being of a beautiful violet colour, and the stem white and floccose, with 

 bright brown scales. 



* Cortinarins (Telamonia) ) Durdham 



limonius, Fr. j Downs, Oct., 1883. 



Cke., niics., t. 804. Cort. 



percomis, N0.IOS8 ante. 



1333. Cortinarius (Telamonia) ) Brockley 



injucundus, Weinm. j Coombe, Nov., 1886. 



My plant corresponds fairly well with Dr. Cooke's figure, Illus. t. 823, 

 but he remarks that this is not typical. My specimen is more umbonate, 

 but it is difficult to refer it to any other species. 



* Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) ) Blaise Castle 



bicolor, Cke. j Woods, Oct., 1882, 



" Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, broadly, or 

 occasionally rather acutely umbonate (1-2 inches diam.), somewhat 

 fragile, dingy whitish, with an occasional tinge of lilac, even, smooth, 

 silky, shining, flesh thin, colour of the pileus, or paler. Stem equal, or 

 attenuated downwards (about 2 inches long, J inch thick), pallid violet, 

 becoming whitish, solid. Flesh bright purplish-violet at the base, palUd 

 above. Gills adnate, with a tooth, sub-ventricose, slightly eroded at the 

 edge, rather broad, scarcely crowded, purplish violet, then cinnamon. 

 Spores elliptical, a little attenuated towards one or both ends, 10 x 5-6 /j.. 

 Veil fugacious, white." — Grevillea, vol. XVI., p. 45. Cke., Illus. t. 

 820./. B., and t. 871. Cort. quadricolor, No. 1046 ante. 



This species was met with abundantly at one of the Fungus Forays in 

 the Forest of Dean, and was then found to differ considerably from the 

 true C. quadricolor. PI. 820 f.B. of the "Illustrations," taken from the 

 Blaise Castle specimens, evidently belongs to the same species. 



