198 Cortinarius. 



crowded, purplish then rusty; s. 4 7 cm. violet, base thickened; 

 sp. - . 



imbutus, Fr. P. 5 9 cm. convex, obtuse, glabrous, gilvous 

 becoming pale, edge subfibrillose ; g. adnate, rather distant, broad, 

 greyish- violet then cinnamon ; s. 4 7 cm. whitish, apex violet ; sp. 

 7 8 x 4 5. 



[cypriacus, Fr. P. almost membranaceous, campan. exp. 

 gibbous, glabrous, cinnamon (tawny) ; g. crowded ; s. colour of p., 

 striate with adpr. fibrils. 



[plumbosus, Fr. P. convex, plane, umb. moist, blackish lead- 

 colour, then paler and with satiny sheen near edge ; g. olive-violet 

 then cinnamon ; s. hollow, attenuated upwards, violet then pallid. 



[sciophyllus, Fr. P. thin, convex, exp. deep bluish fuscous 

 (bluish), silky-white round edge at first; g. adnate, dusky umber; 

 s. solid, violet, narrowed from thickened base. 



castaneus, Bull. P. 2 3 cm. campan. exp. gibbous, even, 

 chestnut (shining) ; g. violet then rusty ; s. 2 3 cm. cartilaginous, 

 violet or pallid reddish, stuffed then hollow ; sp. . 



bicolor, Cke. P. 3 5 cm. campau. exp. umb. dingy white or 

 tinged lilac ; g. adnate, purplish violet then tan ; s. 4 5 cm. pale 

 violet then pale, solid ; sp. 1-2 14 x 67. 



balaustinus, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. exp. obtuse, virgate, rusty rufous 

 (tawny brick-red, shining); g. adnate, broad rusty rufous; s. 5 7 cm. 

 conical, pallid, then rusty outside and in ; sp. 8 x 4 5. 



colus, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. convex, suhgibbous, glabrous, rufous brown 

 (paler and shining); g. adnate, dusky cinnamon ; s. 7 9 cm. fibrillosely 

 striate with fiery-saffron mycelium ; sp. 9 x 4. 



isabellinus, Fr. P. 4 5 cm. subumb. honey-colour, glabrous 

 (yellowish and shining); g. adnate, yellow then tan ; s. 7 9 cm. rigid, 

 striate, yellowish; sp. 10x5. 



renidens, Fr. P. 2 5 cm. exp. even, glabrous, shining, tawny 

 (ochre) ; g. crowded, tawny ; s. 2 4 cm. equal and with fibrous veil, 

 yellow ; sp. 8 10 x 5. 



angulosus, Fr. P. 47 cm. exp. wavy, hygr. reddish tawny 

 (ochre, opaque); g. adnate, thickish, distant, tawny; s. 3 4 cm. 

 equal, twisted, rather tawny ; sp. - . 



var. gracilescens, Fr. 8. hollow, slender, tortuous, base rather 

 narrowed. 



[zinziberatus, Fr. P. exp. umb. tawny honey-colour (yellowish), 

 edge silky-fibrillose ; g. adnate, quite entire, crisped ; s. outside and 

 base also inside, yellowish. 



tff Stem fuscescent, veil pallid-dingy or white 

 (not yellow) ; gills dusky. 



uraceus, Fr. P. 24 cm. campan.-convex, subgibbous, even, 

 glabrous, umber (tan, torn into fibres) ; g. adnate, bay brown ; s. 

 5 9 cm. blackish fuscous, apex becoming olive ; sp. 8 9 x 4. 



