186 Cortinarius. 



* * Gills with veil and stem more or less violet. 



violaceus, L. P. 7 14 cm. very fleshy, dark violet, with downy 

 scales ; g. broad, thick, distant, dark ; s. 6 9 cm. bulbous, spongy, 

 downy, greyish violet ; sp. 12 14 x 9 10. 



Dark violet both outside and inside. 



cyanites, Fr. P. 6 10 cm. obtuse silky, even, pale blue; g. at 

 first clear blue ; s. 7 12 cm. blue, bulbous, with red juice ; sp. 

 10 x 56. 



var. major, Fr. P. and s. slowly becoming reddish; g. dark 

 blue-grey. 



[calopus, Karst. P. convex, exp. even, hoary, silky-lilac near 

 edge at first, then more or less rusty ; g. adnate, at first pale 

 cinnamon, entire; s. solid, equal, base thickened, usually curved, 

 purple-lilac then pale, floccosely-scaly then pale ; sp. 7 8 x 4 5. 



muricinus, Fr. P. 7 10 cm. obtuse, rufous violet, edge fibrillose ; 

 g. rather crowded ; s. 6 7 cm. bulbous, juiceless, downy, purplish 

 violet ; sp. 8 9 x 4 5. 



Flesh sky-blue then whitish. 



[cinereo-violaceus, Fr. P. obtuse, violet then umber, squamu- 

 losely punctate ; g. adnate, purple-umber ; s. clavato-bulbous, firm, 

 juiceless, reddish violet then pallid. 



albo-violaceus, Fr. P. 5 7 cm. convex, silky, at length broadly 

 gibbous, whitish violet ; g. serrulate, greyish violet ; s. 4 5 cm. 

 clavate, whitish violet, with a median ring-like zone ; sp. 12 x 5 6. 



malachius, Fr. P. 4 5 cm. pale lilac then brownish, tan when 

 dry, white- fibrillose at first; g. crowded, pale purple then rusty; 

 s. 7 10 cm. bulbous, bluish-peronate ; sp. 10 12 x 6 7. 



camphoratus, Fr. Smell strong. P. 5 8 cm. obtuse, lilac, 

 silky, then whitish or yellowish, flesh blue; g. clear blue then 

 purplish; s. 7 12 cm. bulbous, juiceless, bluish from the cortina, 

 inside the base white ; sp. 9 x 6. 



hircinus, Fr. Smell strong, foetid. P. 4 5 cm. obtuse or 

 gibbous, with adpr. silky violet fibrils then pale, disc glabrous 

 becoming rusty ; g. broad, violet then cinnamon ; s. 4 5 cm. bulbous, 

 juiceless, violet then pallid, base yellowish inside ; sp. . 



* * * Gills and veil cinnamon, red or ochre. 



traganus, Fr. Smell strong, foetid. P. 57 cm. obtuse, lilac- 

 fibrillose then pale ; g. thick, crenate, at first saffron-ochre ; s. 7 12 

 cm. bulbous, spongy, tinged violet, inside saffron ; sp. 9 10 x 6. 



\nr.finitimus, Weinm. Smell not so foetid as in type ; s. yellowish 

 and mottled inside. 



tophaceus, Fr. P. 7 9 cm. obtuse, tawny-ochre, villosely scaly, 

 flesh white; g. emarginate, tawny cinnamon; s. 5 7 cm. villoso- 

 scaly, yellowish ; sp. 10x5. 



Entirely ochraceous or yellow. 



