114 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



about 3 in. long, ^ in. or more thick below, stuffed, slender, 

 somewhat equal, slightly thickened downwards, ascending, 

 fibrillose, silvery shining, apex glabrous, not mealy ; spores 

 7 X 3-4,*. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmaciuni) decoloratus, Fries, Monogr., ii. 

 p. 30; Cke., Hdbk., p. 247; Cke., Illustr., pi. 729. 



In beech woods, &c. 



Veiy variable, there are three or four very remarkable 

 forms, which at first sight appear distinct, but all agree in 

 essential points. The typical form, described above, re- 

 sembles C. tabularis in stature and general appearance, but 

 differs in having the pileus viscid, never silky from the veil, 

 stem never squamulose, &c. 



Form (&), occurring under birches. Bulb at first small 

 and rounded, but soon disappearing, soft, the attenuated 

 stem becoming yellowish. Gills at first greyish-white. 

 Pileus a little darker, floccosely squamulose or rivulosely 

 granular when dry. 



Form (c), occurring in pine woods. Smaller and slenderer, 

 pileus even, gills pallid-tan. (Fries.) 



** Gills violet, purplish, or flesh-colour. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) decolorans. Fr. 



Pileus fleshy 1^-3 in. across, nonvex then expanded, some- 

 what gibbous, equal, even, glabrous, viscid, persistent!}' 

 yellow all over; flesh thin, firm, white; gills sinuately ad- 

 uexed, crowded, thin, 3 lines broad, purplish, soon cinnamon, 

 not changing colour when bruised ; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 

 lines thick, equally attenuated, white, glabrous except for 

 the veil ; spores pip-shaped, 10 x 8 yn. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmaciurn) decolorans, Fries, Monogr., ii. 

 p. 31 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 247 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 730. 



In pine woods, &c. 



For a long time considered as a slender form of C. varius, 

 from which it differs in the slender, polished, glabrous stem 

 without a bulb, the more slender pileus of one colour, and 

 the somewhat persistent median veil. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) porphyropus. Fr. 

 Pileus 1V-3 in. across, fleshy, margin very thin, flesh soft, 



