112 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) herpeticus, Fries, Epicr., p. 268 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 245 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 849. 

 In woods, &c. 



tft ELASTICI. 

 * Gills whitish, then tan or dingy cinnamon. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) cumatilis. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh thin except at the disc, convex 

 then expanded, obtuse, disc brownish, remainder pale dingy 

 lilac, covered with bluish-violet tinted gluten ; gills adnexed, 

 crowded, narrow, margin serrate, white then tan-colour ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, ^ in. or more thick at the apex, somewhat 

 bulbous, and attenuated upwards, apex a little cortinate, 

 universal veil forming an abrupt volva at the base, whitish. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) cumatilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 269 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 246 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 726. 



In copses, &c. 



A very fine species, sometimes solitary, stem stout, bul- 

 bous ; at others caespitose, stem longer and curved, universal 

 veil membranaceous, agglutinated at the base, but separable, 

 at first continuous with the blue pellicle of the pileus. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) serarius. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, gibbous, 

 unpolished, opaque, reddish-tan ; stem solid, equal, fibrillose, 

 shining, white, as is also the flesh ; gills arcuately adnexed, 

 with a decurrent tooth, crowded, pale tan-colour. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) serarius, Fries, Epicr., p. 269 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 246. 



In woods. 



Stem 4 in. long, entirely fibrous. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, 

 even and glabnnis but not polished, somewhat silky-pruinose ; 

 reddish-tan coloured, by which it is more especially dis- 

 tinguished. Flesh 3 lines thick, with a hyaline line near 

 the gills. (Fries.) 



Having seen a copy of Fries's drawings of this species, we 

 are of opinion that the evidence of its being British is very 



