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especially Cortinarius glaucopus. The form described above 

 is short, robust, very compact, juicy, and becoming purplish 

 blue when bruised. A second form occurs in dense beech 

 woods ; very large, rather caespitose, stem longer, rather 

 twisted, pileus undulate, up to 8 in. broad, brownish-tan, 

 then cinnamon from the falling spores. Gills at first greyish 

 purple ; remainder as in typical form. (Fries.) 



Far. subpurpurascens, Fries, Epicr., p. 265; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 725 : Cke., Hdbk., p. 243. 



Pileus not compact, obtuse, at length very much dilated, 

 and undulately waved, viscid, tawny smoke-colour, becoming 

 pale, obsoletely fibrilloso-virgate, rather spotted; stem at 

 length hollow, 34 in. long, J in. thick, subcylindrical, 

 marginately bulbous, fibrillose below, naked above, glabrous, 

 slightly striate, pale bluish or whitish ; gills sometimes 

 emarginate, almost free, sometimes dccurrent, pallid then 

 cinnamon, becoming purplish when bruised. Flesh soft, 

 white (very dilute blue) unchangeable. 



In woods. 



*** Gills ferruginous, tawny, or yellow. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) dibaplms. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in, across, convex then plane, at length depressed, 

 viscid, glabrous, purplish, the disc becoming yellowish, at 

 length variegated with lilac ; flesh yellow with a violet line 

 under the cuticle; gills adnate, slightly rounded, rather 

 crowded, about 3 lines broad, purplish-ferruginous, margin 

 quite entire; stem about 3 in. long, stuffed, marginately 

 bulbous, about | in. thick, fibrillose, yellow, shining, apex 

 purplish, yellow within ; spores 12 x 5 p. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmadum) dibaphus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 21 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 243. 



Cortinarius luteopes, Seer. n. 250. 



In woods. 



Taste and smell none. 



Far. xanthophyllus. Cke., Hdbk., p. 243 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 753. 



Gills at first, and for a long time, yellow. 



