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gills adnate or emarginate, crowded, narrow, thin, quite 

 entire, grey or violet becjming pale, at length watery 

 cinnamou ; stem hollow, almost equal, about 2 inches long, 

 1-2 lines thick, whitish-lilac, elegantly variegated with 

 rufous or tawny scales, apex cortinate, white ; spores 

 obliquely elliptical, 6 x 7 /*. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe^) spilomeus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 63 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 259. 



In woods. 



Commonly caespitose. Allied to C. anomalus, but smaller 

 and more slender, and easily distinguished by the scaly stem. 



Fileus 1 in. broad, slightly fleshy, colour various, when 

 3'oung whitish, then ferruginous tinged with fuscous, 

 yellowish when dry. Gills violet, then lilac, at length 

 cinnamon. Stem 2-4 inches high, 2-3 lines thick, white 

 tinged with violet, (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) lepidopus. Cooke. 



Pileus 1-2| in. across, flesh thin except at the disc, convex 

 then expanded, gibbous, umber with a tinge of violet near 

 the margin, becoming rufescent at the disc, flesh whitish, 

 with a faint tinge of violet, and a darker line near the gills ; 

 gills adiiate, rather crowded, 2 lines broad, thin, violet then 

 cinnamon ; stem 34 in. long, -J ^ in. thick at the base, 

 attenuated upwards, becoming hollow when old, violet at 

 the apex, dirty white below, with concentric, fibrillosc, 

 darker bands, flesh with a pale lilac tinge above, and dirty 

 white below; veil whitish with a tinge of violet; spores 

 ovate, sometimes almost globose, with an apiculus, 9 x <3 ft. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe) lepidopus, Cke., Grev., xvi. p. 43 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 259 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 850. 



Heathy ground in woods, &c. 



Colour of pileus variable in the shade of brown, sometimes 

 pale. Allied to C. anomalus, but resembling C. spilomeus in 

 the banded stem, although less distinct, and of a different 

 colour. Stem often wavy. Gregarious or fasciculate. 



* Gills bright cinnamon, red, or yellow. 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) miltinus. Fr. 

 Pileus l|-2 in. across, thin, convex or lentiform then 



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