COKTINARIUS. 19 



Subcaespitose ; taste acrid. Pileus broadly gibbous, disc 

 sometimes bay ; cuticle rigid, torn up into granules when 

 dry. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) privignus. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, slightly and unequally fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, sometimes reflexed and undulate, 

 obtusely umbonate, not striate, dry, but remarkably hygro- 

 plianous, fundamental colour brown, but pale and hoary from 

 the remains of the very thin white veil, pale tan when dry ; 

 gills adnate, broad, not crowded, distinct, at first watery, 

 then opaque cinnamon, margin serrated and albo-fimbriate 

 in a perfect condition ; stem about 3 in. long, 3 lines thick, 

 often twisted, sometimes attenuated from the base, at others 

 equal, pale, silvery, here and there silky- white from the veil ; 

 spores 8 X 5 ft. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) privignus, Fries, Epicr., p. 304 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 827; Cke., Hdbk., p. 275. 



Damp places in pine woods. 



Yery fragile, scented, but scarcely acrid. Gills rather 

 broad, at first with a slight flesh-coloured tinge, with no 

 tinge of violet ; there is in rare instances a fugacious violet 

 tinge at the apex of the stem. With the habit of Cortinarius 

 (Inoloma^ malachius. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) duracinus. Fr. 



Pileus 1|-2|- in. across, rather fleshy, thin, convex then 

 plane, gibbous, glabrous, pale tan-colour, opaque ; gills 

 adnate, 3 lines broad, rather crowded, thin, watery cinna- 

 mon ; stem 1^-2J in. long, in. or more at the thickest 

 part, rigid, unequal, more or less ventricose at or below the 

 middle, ending in a tapering, rooting bas^, whitish, silky, as 

 is also the incurved margin of the pileus from the veil, 

 glabrous, stuffed ; spores 5 x 3 /*. 



Cortinarius (Hyc/roci/be) duracinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 304 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 275 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 809. 



On the ground, especially in woods. 



Eemarkable, becoming pale, rigid, cuticle of pileus and 

 stem hard. Stem sometimes bulbous with a fusiform root, 

 sometimes entirely fusiform, even, cuticle separable. The 



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