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Cortinarius (Telamonia) Cookei, Cke., Hdbk., p. 273; Cke., 

 Illustr., jpl. 840B. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocybe) Cookei, Quelet, Bull. Soo. Bot. 

 France, p, 288 (1878) ; Grevillea, t. 128, f. 3. 



In woods. 



Subgen. DERMOCYBE. 

 ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



* Gills at first whitish or pallid. 



** Gills at first violet, becoming purplish. 



f * Gills shining cinnamon, red, or yellow. Stem and 

 fibrillose cortina coloured. Elegant. 



**** Olivaceous, veil dingy, or pale fuscous. Pileus not 

 torn into scales. 



* Gills at first whitish or pallid. 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) ochroleucus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick except at the 

 margin, convex; gibbous then obtuse, almost glabrous, even, 

 whitish, with a pale ochraceous tinge ; gills slightly adnexed, 

 nearly free, crowded, 3-4 lines broad, narrower in front; 

 whitish then ochraceous-tan ; stem 2-3 in. long, 4-6 lines 

 thick, solid, firm, ventricose or almost equal, whitish, apex 

 fibrillose above ; spores elliptical, 8 x 4-5 p. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe) ochroleucus, Fries, Epicr., p. 284 ; 

 ke., Hdbk., p. 257 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 775. 



Agaricus ochroleucus, Schaeffer, t. 34. 



In woods. 



Inodorous, taste rather bitter, not unpleasant. Stem 3 in. 

 long, 45 lines thick ; pileus 2 in. across, silky under a lens. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) decumbens. Fr. (figs. 10-11 A, 



p. 16). 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, rather fleshy, firm, convex then 

 plane, gibbous then obtuse, even, glabrous, at times almost 



