86 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



ff DELIBUTI. 



Veil entirely viscid, hence the stem is not floccosely 

 sheathed, but varnished when dry. 



* Gills whitish, then pale-tan. 



** Gills at first violet, blue, or reddish. 



*** Gills at first ochraceous or cinnamon. 



COLLINITI. 



Cortinarius (Myx.) arvinaceus. Fr. 



Pileus 34 in. across, fleshy, soft, convex soon expanded, 

 at length reflexed and undulate, even, glabrous, viscid, 

 shining when dry, golden-tawny or reddish-tan, when 

 vigorous the margin is slightly striate ; gills adnato-decur- 

 rent, very broad, ^-f in., smooth at the sides, rather distant, 

 margin crenulate,at first straw-colour, then clear ochraceous; 

 stem solid, 58 in. high, ^ in. thick, equal, silky- viscid, never 

 broken up into squamules, white; veil fibrillose and fugacious ; 

 spores bright ochraceous. 



Cortinarms (Myxacium) arvinaceus, Fries, Epicr., p. 274; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 248 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 737. 

 ^ In beech woods, &c. 



Stem a span high or sometimes shorter, | in. thick, pileus 

 3-4 in. broad, golden-tawny, viscid, not scaly nor glutinous, 

 obtuse; gills up to in. broad, crenulate, rather distant; 

 veil not forming a ring. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx.) collinitus. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, fleshy except the margin, convex 

 with the margin incurved, then expanded, obtuse, even, 

 glutinous, shining, tawny-orange; gills adnate, 3-6 lines 

 broad, tan-colour or greyish then cinnamon; stem 3-5 in. 

 long, up to 1 in. thick, firm, cylindrical, transversely scaly 

 from the breaking up of the floccose, glutinous veil ; spores 

 12 x 6 ft. 



Cortinarius (Myxaciurn) collinitus, Fries, Epicr., p. 274 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 248 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 738. 



