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last condition sometimes torn into fibrils ; gills adnate, ventri- 

 cose, rather distant, very broad, thickish, the short ones 

 narrower, connected by veins, ferruginous then tawny-cinna- 

 mon ; stem 2-4 in. long, 2 lines thick or more, curved, 

 flexuous (not undulated), attenuated at the base, fragile, 

 with scattered, adpressed, white silky fibrils, for the rest 

 almost glabrous, yellowish-tan when moist, truly white when 

 dry ; veil fibrillose, rarely conspicuous ; spores subochraceous ; 

 spores $ x 5 p- 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) o'jtusus, Frie, Monogr., ii. p. Ill; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 845A. 



In woods. Gregarious. 



Veil entirely fibrillose, whitish, making the yoiing pileus 

 hoary and silky, commonly glabrous, but becoming broken 

 up when dry. Umbo disappearing. With an evident smell. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) acutus. Fr. 



Pileus about J in. across, almost membranaceous, conical 

 then campanulate, at length expanded, umbo acute and 

 coloured like the remainder, at length depressed round the 

 umbo, striate when moist, obsoletely fibrillose near the 

 margin when young, glabrous when adult, yellowish honey- 

 colour, rather shining, tan or white when dry, and looking 

 silky ; flesh very thin similarly coloured ; gills adnate, thin, 

 crowded, becoming more distant and free as the pileus ex- 

 pands, lanceolate, ochraceous cinnamon. Stem 34 in. long, 

 1-2 lines thick, equal, flexuous albo-fibrillose, at length 

 glabrous, colour of the pileus when both moist and dry, 

 hollow ; spores 6 x 4 /A. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) acutus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 112; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 84oA. 



In mixed woods. Sometimes scattered, sometimes gre- 

 garious. With the habit of Galera, but remarkable for the 

 acute umbo. 



**** Stem becoming dusky. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) Junghuhnii. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, disc slightly fleshy, remainder 

 thin, convexo-plane, papillato-umbonate, striate to the middle 



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