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white, soon becoming purplish-lilac when broken, convex 

 then plane, obtuse, even, innately virgate, viscid, livid 

 yellowish or tan-colour, not changing colour when bruised ; 

 gills rounded or emarginate, rather crowded, 2-4 lines broad, 

 purplish then watery cinnamon; stem 2-4 in. long, about 

 .'5 lines thick, fragile, lilac-violet both outside and inside, 

 soon becoming pale or whitish, but changing to lilac-violet 

 when bruised; veil inferior, fibrillose, spores 10-12 x 7 //,. 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) porphyropus, Fries, Epicr., p. 271 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 247 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 731. 



In woods. 



Stem always slender, frequently equal, slightly elastic but 

 fragile, becoming pale, but becoming lilac when bruised. 

 Pileus brownish-tan, livid. Flesh thin, white. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) croceocoeruleus. Fr. 



Pileus f-1^ in. across, riesh thin, convex then plane, obtuse 

 or gibbous, even, glabrous, viscid, lilac or pale violet ; flesh 

 watery, pallid, and like the other parts, becomes tinged with 

 purple when crushed ; gills attenuated or broadly emarginate, 

 with a very delicate decurrent tooth, plane, rather distant, 

 lilac then saffron-tan ; stem hollow, about 2 in. long, some- 

 what equal or sometimes attenuated at the base, 2-3 lines 

 thick, even, glabrous, naked, fragile, white ; spores 8 x 5 /* 



Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) croceocoeruleus, Fries, Syst. Myc., 

 i. p. 238 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 732 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 247. 



Under beeches, &c. 



Small, fle^h watery, unchangeable. Veil white. (Fries.) 



*** Gills pure ochraceous, tawny, or ferruginous. 



Cortinarius (Phleg.) corruscans. Fr. 

 Pileus 35 in. across, fleshy, soon flattened and at length 

 depressed, even, glabrous, viscid, shining when dry, yellow- 

 ochraceous, often spotted with tawny; flesh soft, white; 

 gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, not sinuate, thin, very 

 narrow in proportion to the size of the pileus, 1-2 lines at 

 most, very crowded, quite entire, clear ochraceous ; stem 

 solid, elastic, 3-6 in. long, | in. thick, equal, dilated at the 

 apex, fibrillosely striate, pure white. 



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