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Cortinarius (Hygrocyle} scandens, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 108 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 830. 



In damp places in fir woods, &c. 



Stem 3-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, soft, yellowish when 

 moist, shining white when dry, base subulate, always white. 

 Veil thin, fibrillose, superior. Pileus |~1 in. and more, tan- 

 colour when dry, but the umbo, which may be acute, obtuse, 

 or obsolete, rather tawny. Gills narrow, 12 lines broad, 

 plane. (Fries.) 



** Stem violet or reddish. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) erythrinus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, conical then convex, regular, umbo- 

 nate, umbo obtuse or almost obsolete, darker, even, glabrous, 

 rufous-bay, tawny when dry, the thin flesh almost the same 

 colour when moist ; gills slightly adnexeil, thin, rather 

 distant, ventricose, at first pallid then pale cinnamon ; stem 

 l|-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, rarely thickened at the 

 base, straight or ascending, glabrous, but striate from the 

 adpressed fibrils, white, violaceous above, stufied then hollow ; 

 veil superior, fibrillose, white. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocyle) erythrinus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 109 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 798A. 



In damp woods, amongst leaves, &c. 



Far. argyropus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 396. 

 Slenderer than the type form, stem silvery, apex with 

 white meal. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) decipiens. Fr. 



Pileus 5-! in. across, flesh thin, dingy, conical, glabrous, 

 fehining, bay-brown, then brick-red when dry, at length 

 depressed round the slightly fleshy, prominent, darker umbo ; 

 gills adnate, thin, rather crowded, reddish ferruginous ; stem 

 2-2 \ in. long, H line thick, equal, covered with a separable 

 pallid cuticle, pale brick-red within, imperfectly hollow ; 

 spores elliptical, dingy ferruginous, 8 X 5 /*. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) decipiens, Fries, Epicr., p. 312 

 Cke. Hdbk., p. 281 , Cke., Illustr., pi. 798s. 



In woods. 



Stem usually straight, without any tinge of violet. 



