CORTINAKIUS. 20 



Corttnarius (Hygrocybe) dolabralus, Fries, Epicr., p. 311 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 279 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 811. 



In pino woods, amongst Vaccinium, Sphagnum, &c. 



About the stature of a large specimen of C. evernius, but 

 firmer, differently coloured, gills entirely adnate, veil very 

 fugacious. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) rigens. Fr. 



Pileus 1-3 in. across, flesh thin, when young campanulate, 

 lax, then convex, obtuse or broadly gibbous, even, glabrous, 

 opaque and tan-colcur when moist, whitish-tan when dry; 

 flesh rather firm, white ; gills adnate, slightly decurrent, 

 distant, very broad (3-5 lines), distinct, watery tan then 

 pale cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in. long, 2-5 lines thick, but very 

 variable, equal, or incrassated, sometimes at the base, some- 

 times at the apex, also fusiform, stuffed, elastic, distinctly 

 cartilaginously corticated, rigid and tough, rooting, glabrous, 

 even, naked, pallid when moist, white when dry ; spores pip- 

 shaped, minutely granulated, 6-7 X 4 /z. 



Cortinarius rigens, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 107 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 280; Cke., Illustr., pi. 812. 



In woods. 



Allied to Cortinarius dolabratus, but more rigid, not fragile, 

 smaller, and paler; gills also darker and opaque. Flesh 

 white. Veil scarcely evident. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) Krombholzii. Fr. 



Pileus 12 in. across, rather fleshy, conico-campanulate, 

 then gibbous, even, smooth, disc fleshy, pale yellowish-tan, 

 disc darker, margin thin, appendiculate ; gills rounded 

 behind and slightly adnexed, 3 lines broad, ferruginous, 

 margin yellowish ; stem 3-5 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal, 

 extreme base slightly swollen, naked, even, whitish, hollow; 

 veil white, rather membranaceous, soon disappearing from 

 the stem, but remaining in fragments at the margin of the 

 pileus ; spores ferruginous, 8 X 45 /n. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe} Krombholzii, Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 395 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 280 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 813. 



On the ground amongst moss. A remarkable species 

 having the ferruginous spores of Cortinarius, but with a 

 membranaceous and not fibrillose veil that remains in frag- 



