172 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



C. applanatus Fr. (Lat., on a level, from the flat 

 pileus ?). 



On rotten wood ; rare. On a post, Edmond- 

 sham Rectory field. Furze Common Copse. 

 C. alveolus Lasch. (Lat., a gaming-board, from its plane 

 surface). 



On trunks ; rare. Creech Hill Wood, St. 

 Giles, on a birch trunk (so named by W. R. 

 Linton). 

 C. epibryus Fr. (Gr., on moss). 



On mosses, leaves, etc. ; rare. Button Holms. 



Genus 35. CORTINARIUS Fr. (Lat., cortina, a round 

 vessel, a cauldron, from the roundly convex pileus). 

 A well-marked genus, with cobweb -like veil ; gills 

 often purple at first, bright brown at maturity from 

 the rust-coloured spores. For convenience it can be 

 divided into five sub-genera. 



Sub-genus I. Phlegmacium, Fr. (Gr., phlegma, shining 

 moisture, from the glutinous pileus.) Stem firm, 

 dry, often bulbous. All growing in woods, on the 

 ground unless otherwise stated. 

 C. varius Fr. (Lat., variable). 



Also in pastures ; uncommon. Lower Man- 

 nington Plantation. 



Sub-genus II. MyxaiumFr. (Gr., muxa, mucus). Pileus 



and stem glutinous. 

 C. mucifluus Fr. (Lat., flowing with mucus). 



Not common. Plantation S. of Daggon's Road 

 Station. 

 C. elatior Fr. (Lat., taller). 



Chiefly under pine trees ; rather common. 

 Castle Hill Wood. Great Down Copse. Hyles' 

 adjoining Birches Copse. 



