CORTINAKIUS. 47 



In pine woods, &c. Gregarious. 



Pileus -3 in. broad, at first conic-obtuse, then more 

 or less acutely urabonate, with frequently a depression 

 round the umbo, cinnamon changing to a pale tawny, 

 marked in decay with brown streaky blotches, shining, 

 somewhat cracked, subfibrillose, sometimes with a few 

 very minute silky scales. Gills very distant, thick, 

 adnate, rounded behind, cinnamon or dark ferruginous. 

 Stem 3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, of the same colour as the 

 pileus, nearly equal, at first marked with the remains of the 

 woven spongy ring, fibrillose, wavv, at length hollow. 

 (Berk.) 



Cortinarius (Tela.) helvelloides. Fr. 



Pileus ^-1 in. across, submembranaceous, convex then 

 expanded, umbonate, almost glabrous, striate when in perfect 

 condition, ferruginous, cracked and squarrose when mature, 

 rather tawny when dry, sometimes fibrillose when young ; 

 gills adnate, very thick and remarkably distant, rather broad, 

 distinct, at first violet-umber (never purplish), edge whitish, 

 soon entirely umber-cinnamon, at length ferruginous ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, very much undulated 

 and flexuous, somewhat ferruginous without any white ; veil 

 yellowish, forming a silkiness near the margin of the pileus, 

 and an imperfect ring near the apex of stern, above which 

 the stem is silky- white and shining ; spores 7 X 5 p. 



Cortinarius (Telamonid) helvelloides, Fr., Epicr., p. 297; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 268 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 836. 



In beech woods, &c., in damp places amongst rotten leaves. 



Inodorous. Form of pileus and colour variable, but un- 

 mistakable on account of the thick, very distant gills. 



Cortinarius (Tela.) rubellus. Cooke. 

 Pileus 2-3 in. across, fleshy, campanulate then expanded, 

 rufous-orange, darker at the umbo, disc fleshy, thin towards 

 the margin, flesh reddish-ochre ; gills adnate, sinuate, rather 

 narrow, scarcely crowded, pale, then bright ferruginous-red ; 

 stem 3-4 in. long, | in. thick, pale above, darker below, 

 marked with concentric dark ferruginous fibrillose bands, 

 equal or attenuated upwards, solid ; spores pyriform, minutely 

 rough, 8 x 5 fu 



