196 Cortinarius. 



2 3 cm. equal, fibroso-fibrillose, rusty, ring of white veil almost 

 obsolete ; sp. 5 x 3. 



iliopodius, Fr. P. 35 cm. convex, subumb. silkily hoary then 

 almost glabrous, reddish yellow (tan), at length rimose ; g. adnate ; 

 s. 6 9 cm. equal, thin tawny (inside and outside), peronate with 

 even pallid veil, naked and fibrillose above ring ; sp. 7 8 x 4. 



fttt Stem floccosely scaly, and like pileus fuscescent. 



hemitrichus, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. convex then plane, umb. fuscous 

 (fuscous tan), silky towards the margin with white curled fibrils ; g. 

 adnate, crowded; s. 3 4 cm. hollow, subequal, pale fuscous, veil 

 white, floccose, as also is ring ; sp. 6 7 x 3 4. 



stemmatus, Fr. P. 2 3 cm. convex, exp. obtuse, bay, hoary- 

 silky near the edge, fibrillose and pale when dry; g. adnate, crowded, 

 bay; s. 5 7 cm. floccosely scaly, subannulate, rusty-bay; sp. - - . 



Differs from C. uraceus in squamulose s. 



rigidus, Fr. Strong scented. P. 1 3 cm. conico-convex, umb. 

 glabrous, shining, bay (reddish) ; g. adnate, broad ; s. 5 9 cm. 

 equal, wavy, paler than p., veil white-squamulose, cingulate ; sp. . 



paleaceus, Fr. P. 2 3 cm. conico-exp. umb. rather fuscous 

 (tan), silky with white downy squamules ; g. adiiate, truly crowded, 

 whitish then tan ; s. 5 7 cm. wavy, undulate, whitish-squamulose, 

 apex with whitish ring ; sp. 7 8 x 3. 



iris, Massee. P. 2 3 cm. hemispher. then exp. acutely umb. 

 pale brown-ochre, silky, white-fibrillose ; g. much cut out behind, 

 orange-brown, edge entire ; s. 5 7 cm. conical, solid, orange-brown 

 and squamulose below ring, smooth and violet at first above ring ; sp. 

 10x5. 



VI. HYDROCYBE. 



Pileus glabrous or covered with superficial white fibrils, not 

 viscid but moist when growing, discoloured when dry ; 

 fiesh very thin, splitting, disc rarely compact. Stem 

 rather rigid, not peronate ; veil thin, fibrillose, rarely 

 collapsing and forming an irreg. zone. 



* FIRMIORES. Pileus rather fleshy, convex then campan.- 

 convex, expanded, obtuse or at length gibbous, edge at 

 first incurved. Stem generally narrowed upwards. 



(Colour when dry given in brackets.) 

 f Stem and veil white. 



firmus, Fr. P. 6 7 cm. exp. obtuse, glabrous, rusty ochre, flesh 

 compact, white ; g. crowded ; s. 6 8 cm. solid, stout, rather bulbous, 

 white, veil rusty ;-sp. . 



Differs from C. subferrugineus by clear colour of p. and white s. 



