CORTINAKIUS. 91 



pale grey, edge greyish-violet, greyish-tan or cinnamon 

 when adult; stem 1J-3 in. long, conically attenuated from 

 the bulbous base, base 1 in., apex in. thick, white outside 

 and inside, but when young glutinous and bluish from the 

 viscid veil, solid ; spores pip-shaped, 8-10 x 6 /*. 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) salor, Fries, Epicr., p. 276 ; Monogr., 

 ii. p. 40 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 250 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 768. 



In woods, &c. 



Cortinarius (Myx.) illibatus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, campanulate then convex, at length 

 plane, subumbonate, with a viscid pellicle, even, glabrous, 

 yellow, disc darker ; flesh white, very thin at the margin ; 

 gills adnato-decurrent, arcuate, 2 lines or more broad, thin, 

 crowded, margin quite entire, flesh-colour then tan, at length 

 cinnamon from the spores ; stem stuffed, soon hollow, 3 in. 

 long, 2 lines or more thick, slightly attenuated upwards, 

 glabrous, viscid, white, generally with reddish spots above ; 

 veil superior, fibrillose, very fugacious ; spores granular, 

 15-16 x 6-7 /*. 



Cortinarius (Myxaciutn) illibatus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 42 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 250. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Much smaller and more slender than C. delibutus ; without 

 -a trace of violet colour. (Fries.) 



*** Gills at first ochraceous or cinnamon. 



Cortinarius (Myx.) stillatitius. Fr. (figs. 3, 4, 

 p. 16.) 



Pileus 1^-2 in. across, slightly fleshy, flesh soft, watery, 

 hygrophanous, convex then plane, subumbonate, even, 

 glabrous, covered at first, like the contiguous part of the 

 stem with clear blue gluten, when the gluten disappears, 

 livid fuscous, then greyish- white ; gills emarginate, scarcely 

 crowded, often distant, 3 lines broad, dark cinnamon; stem 

 hollow, very soft, 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, equally 

 attenuated, covered with blue gluten at the apex; spores 

 8 x 4/i. 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) stillatitius, Fries, Epicr., p. 277; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 251 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 831. 



