8 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



to the margin almost membranaceous and longitudinally 

 plicato-rugose, fragile, rather viscid, usually livid-yellow 

 when moist, dingy ochraceous when dry ; gills adnate, at 

 first about 3 lines broad, becoming much broader, up to 1 in., 

 rather distant, connected by veins, rugose at the sides, 

 always dark, brownish -cinnamon ; stem solid, soft, 5-7 in. 

 long, \ in. and more thick, commonly attenuate at both 

 ends, especially the base, lon<>itudinally fibrous, with broken- 

 up, whitish, viscid scales, rarely tinged violet; veil viscid, 

 fugacious ; spores 12 x 6 p.. 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) elatior, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 37 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 249 ; Cke, Illustr., pis. 741 and 742. 



In woods, especially pine. 



Large, remarkable for the thin flesh of the pileus; colour 

 livid bay, ochraceous, or tan, but sometimes also blackish-bay, 

 brownish-violet, greyish with the margin violet, whitish, &c. 

 Gills always dark, also violet-brown ; stem white, sometimes 

 violaceous, concentrically squamulose and silky. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx.) grallipes. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, almost membranaceous except 

 at the disc, umbo prominent often acute, campanulate then 

 expanded, hygrophanus, even, rather viscid (not glutinous), 

 ferruginous when moist, ochraceous-tan when dry, opaque ; 

 gills entirely adnate, with a decurrent tooth, plane, attenu- 

 ated in front, crowded, sides smooth (not veined), tan- 

 colour then ferruginous; stem 4-6 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, 

 everywhere equal but flexuous, tough, fibroso-striate, viscid, 

 tawny-yellow, ochraceous when dry, apex naked, stuffed, 

 then hollow. 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) grallipes, Fries, Epicr., p. 375 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 249 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 734. 



In mixed woods. 



With the habit of Cort. hinnuleus, but viscid, not lacerated, 

 Gills up to ^ in., broad behind. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx,) livido-ochraceus. Berk. 

 Pileus 1-1-|- in. across, almost membranaceous, convex then 

 plane, viscid, margin not striate, ochraceous; gills rounded 

 behind and slightly adnexed, broad in front, pale then cinna- 

 mon; stem about 1 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, attenuated at 



