CORTINAEIUS. 87 



In woods, amongst heather, &c. 



Stem sometimes bluish, sometimes white, soft, evidently 

 eortinate at first. Pileus golden- tawny, with a persistent, 

 similarly-coloured gluten, shining when dry. There are 

 several forms : (&) pileus wavy, stem brownish ; (c) small. 

 pileus pale yellow or straw-colour, stem with concentric 

 yellow scales, gills white ; (d) very small, pileus bay-brown, 

 stem scarcely 1 in. long. (Fries.) 



Far. mucosus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 355; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 249 ; Cke., Illustr., t. 739. 



Firmer, stem even, silky, usually white, sometimes tinged 

 with blue, 2-3 in. long, -i-1 in. thick ; pileus 2-4 in. across ; 

 gills whitish then ferruginous, 3-6 lines broad. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Cortinarius (Myx.) mucifluus. Fr. 



Pileus 1^3 in. across, rather fleshy, campanulate then ex- 

 panded, tawny, margin striate, yellowish, covered with 

 evanescent, hyaline mucus ; stem 23 in. long, 4 lines thick 

 at the apex, becoming slightly thinner downwards, soft, 

 viscid from the fugacious floccosely scaly veil, smooth and 

 whitish above the veil ; gills adnate, distinct, pale tan-colour 

 then watery cinnamon; spores granular, 12 x 7 p. 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) mucifluus, Fries, Epicr., p. 274; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 249 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 740. 



On the ground. 



Abundant in sandy, heathy pine-woods. Allied to C. 

 vollinitus, of which it was for a long time considered 

 a variety; differs more especially as follows: (1) stem 

 spongy, attenuated downwards, white; (2) pileus thinner, 

 campanulate then expanded, at length reflexed and wavy, 

 the membranaceous margin striate; (3) colour of pileus 

 livid tan, tan-colour and opaque when dry; (4) gluten of 

 the pileus thin, hyaline, diffluent, not forming a thick, per- 

 sistent, bright pellicle ; (5) odour sweet. Gills tan-colour 

 then cinnamon. There is no trace of violet in any part of 

 the fungus. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx.) elatior. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, disc rather fleshy, cylindrical or 

 bullato then campanulate, at length expanded and somewhat 

 reflexed, disc just over the stem obtuse and even, the rest up 



