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whitish, then almost glabrous, silky towards the margin ; 

 -flesh thickish at the disc, soft, thin at the margin ; gills 

 adnate or slightly rounded, at first rather crowded, then 

 subdistant, clear tawny-saffron, at length shining tawny ; 

 stem solid, stout, 2-4 in. long, equal or bulbous, ventricose 

 when growing on pine leaves, more or less distinctly 

 vaginate from the white veil which terminates above in a 

 very soft, white, distinct ring, reddish-white within, base at 

 length tawny ; cortina above the ring very delicate. 



Cortinarius (Telamonia) laniger, Fries, Mon., ii. p. 71 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 264; Cke., Illustr., pi. 800. 



In mossy pine woods, &c. 



A beautiful and very distinct species. Strong scented. 

 Analogous to Cort. torvus in the more or less peronate stem 

 and ring, but resembling Cort. plumiger in the white, 

 fasciculato-floccose squamules of the pileus. Commonly 

 smaller than Cort. bicelus, and distinguished by the spreading, 

 persistent, tumid ring. Pileus never gibbous, but the margin 

 thin, whitish plumulose when young, then silky and almost 

 glabrous. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Tela.) bivelus. Fr. 



Pileus l|-3 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 obtuse, reddish-tawny, glabrous, but silky near the margin ; 

 gills adnexed, scarcely crowded, rather ventricose behind, 

 3 lines broad, clear tawny- cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. long, 

 .| - in, thick, somewhat bulbous and attenuated upwards, 

 firm, dirty-white, floccoso-squamulose up to the spurious, 

 fugacious ring ; spores obliquely elliptical, granular, 10 X 

 5-6 /A. 



Cortinarius (Telamonia) bivelus, Fries, Epicr., p. 292; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 264; Cke., Illustr., pi. 852. 



In woods, &c. 



Mild. Stem entirely spongy, not firmer outside, sometimes 

 short and bulbous, sometimes elongated and attenuated, 

 even, abrupt, becoming rusty inside. Pileus soft, absorbing 

 moisture, but not truly hygrophanous, usually very smooth, 

 shining, often with darker spots, now and then rivulo.-o- 

 squamulose, at length pierced with depressions, rarely cam- 

 panulate and lax. (Fries.) 



