HYMENOMYCETES. 



Genus III. BOLBITIUS. 



113 B. TiTUBANS. Bull. 4 — 5. 1. 1 line. 



Pileus convex, soon nearly plane, yellowish, viscid ; gills 

 narrow, pale cinnamon ; stem pale yellow ; whole plant sub- 

 deliquescent, extremely delicate. Pastures. Bold. Runcorn. 



114. B. viTELLiNus. Pers. 



On the bank of the river at Runcorn. The Rev. Thomas P. 

 Kirkman. 



Qenxis IV, CORTINARIUS. 



Sul-genus PHLEGMACIUM. 



115 C. cAPEEATus. Fries. 2 — i\. 2 — 5. 1 — \^. 



Pileus when young subglobose, then dome-shaped, at length 

 oblate, fleshy, very firm and dry, sub-farinaceous, bright 

 orange tawny ; gills when young narrow, then rather broad, 

 close, attenuated at both ends, pale buff, then cinnamon ; volva 

 floccose, sheathing the stem, apparently conci-ete with the epi- 

 dermis of the pileus, unbroken in a specimen of inches in 

 diameter, portion between the margin of the pileus and the 

 stem coarsely flocculose and strongly plicate, same colour as 

 the pileus, paler below, forming upon the stem reticulations 

 like those upon the stem of Boletus edulis; stem ventricose, 

 then cylindrical, very firm ; odour like that of oranges. Spores 

 subfusiform. •00045. Gregarious or tufted. The above de- 

 scription applies to specimens of this magnificent Agaric 

 gathered under trees in a stony place in the park at Brom- 

 borough. A specimen was sent to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, by 

 whom it was identified. The species is announced as an addi- 

 tion to the British Flora, and figured in the " Botany of the 

 Eastern Borders," by Dr. Johnston, 1853. 



Note. — Cortinarii Mycologos maxime vexarunt." " Stupenda formarum peraffi- 

 nium copia." — P'ries. 



116 C. MULTIFORMIS. Frics. 2 — 3. 2^ — 3^. |. 



Pileus couvox, viscid, pale yellowish ; gills close, slightly 

 serrated, whitish, then dull cinnamon ; stem attenuated below, 

 whitish, yellow within, not viscid. A. turhinatus. Sow. 

 Knowsley. 



117 C. cALLOCiiRous. Pei's. 1 — 3. 3 — 4. \ — 1. 



Pileus fleshy, viscid when moist, convex, dark tawny ; gills 

 violet, then ferruginous ; stem somewhat bulbous, tinged with 

 violet, lower half like very soft wliite kid leather. Woods. 

 Eastham. Runcorn. Knowsley. 



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