CORTINARIUS. 67 



Cortinarius (Dcrmocybe) sanguineus, Fries, Epicr., p. 288; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 260 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 786. 



In woods. 



Stem more frequently attenuated than incrassated at the 

 base, giving out a blood -red juice when compressed. 

 Slenderer than C. cinnabarinus. Pileus about 1 in. broad, 

 convex, gills sometimes adnate, sometimes emarginate, stem 

 stuffed, then hollow. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) anthracinus. Fr. 



Pileus -?>-| in. across, disc fleshy, remainder thin, convex 

 then expanded, umbonate, silky-fibrillose, almost glabrous, 

 chestnut-colour; flesh similarly coloured; gills adnate, 

 crowded, slightly rounded behind, broad, scarlet, becoming 

 blood-red when bruised ; stem about 2 in. long, 2 lines thick, 

 equal, fibrillose, intense blood-red, hollow ; spores elliptical, 

 cinnamon with a red tinge, 7 X 5 p.. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe) authracinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 288 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk,, p. 261 ; Cke., Illustr., 787A. 



In woods. 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) cinnamomeus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2| in. across, flesh thin, convexo-carnpanulate, 

 umbonate, somewhat' cinnamon- colour, silkily squamulose 

 with yellowish innate fibrils, becoming almost, glabrous; 

 gills adnate, broad, crowded, shining, yellowish then tawny- 

 yellow ; stem 2-4 in. long, equal, yellow, as is also the flesh 

 and the veil, hollow ; spores 7-8 x 4-5 p.. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe) cinnamomem, Fries, Epicr., p. 288 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 261 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 777, 778. 



In woods. 



A very common species, especially in mossy places in pine 

 woods, occurring under many well defined forms, which 

 cannot be separated as species. Essential points common to 

 nil. (1) Stem everywhere equal ! stuffed then hollow, yel- 

 lowish, fibrillose from the similarly coloured veil. (2). Pileus 

 thin, flattened and obtusely umbonate, silky with yellowish 

 down, often glabrous when adult, and then bright cinnamon, 

 but the colour is variable. (3) Flesh splitting, yellowish. 



(4) Gills adnate, crowded, thin, broad, always shining. 



(5) Spores dark oohraceous, size and colour very variable; 



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