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distant, tawny or ferruginous from the spores ; stem solid, 

 short, yellow, densely fibrillose from the yellow veil (viscid 

 iu moist weather), woolly, about 3 in. long when adult, bulb 

 depressed, marginate, oblique ; spores elliptical, 9 x 5 /*. 



Cortinarius fulgens, Fries, Epicr., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 244; Cke., Illustr., pi. 716. 



In woods. 



Very showy, robust, tawny-golden, woolliness of the stem 

 viscid when young. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) fulmineus. Fr. 



Pileus l|-2 in. across, flesh thick, convex then almost 

 plane, viscid, tawny, margin orange, with small aggluti- 

 nated rust-coloured scales ; gills rounded behind, adnexed, 

 crowded, l line broad, at first pure yellow ; stem about 1 in. 

 long, |-f in. thick, yellow, apex with a white veil, solid, 

 bulb large, marginate, rooting, more or less triangular in 

 section ; spores elliptic-fusiform, rough, 10 x 5-6 p. 



Cortinarius (Phleymacium) fulmineus, Fries, Epicr., p. 267 ;. 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 244 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 717. 



In shady woods. 



Very short, robust, sweet. Stem not filamentous, slightly 

 viscid at first, bulb larger than the pileus. Pileus tawny, 

 almost brown, margin orange. Flesh thick, white, often 

 yellow at the margin or tinged yellow everywhere. (Fries.) 



Differing from C. corrosus in the yellow stem and presence 

 of agglutinate scales on the viscid pileus. C. fulgens differs- 

 from the present species in the spongy, pale tan-coloured 

 flesh. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) orichalceus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 glabrous, covered with a viscid pellicle, reddish-tawny, disc 

 rubiginous, cracked into squamules, margin becoming livid ; 

 gills somewhat sinuate or rounded behind, annexed, 3-4 lines 

 broad, greenish sulphur-colour; stem 2-3 in. long, | in. 

 thick, equal, fibrillose, yellowish, marginately bulbous, solid. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) orichalceus, Fries., Epicr., p. 267 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 244; Cke., Illustr., pi. 754. 



Under pine-trees, &c. 



Flesh sometimes white, yellow or greenish-yellow at the 



