CLASSIFICATION 291 



broad, golden yellow, then cinnamon ; stem about 2 in. long, often 

 curved, fibrous, rusty with a white silkiness. 



Taste like that of hquorice. 



On fir trunks. Somewhat tufted. 



P. picrea. — Cap about i in. across, tawny bay or brownish cin- 

 namon, then pale and tawny ; gills crowded, yellowish, then rusty ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, straight, pale umber. 



On pine stumps, old deal boards, etc. Rather tufted. 



F. nitens. — Cap i-i| in. across, obtuse, dry, shining, purple- 

 brown ; gills pallid, then umber ; stem 2-3 in. long, pinkish brown. 



On the ground. Tufted. 



F. ochrochlora . — Cap 1-2 in. across, obtusely umbonate, minutely 

 squamulose, greenish straw-colour, then pale ; gills whitish, then 

 greenish olive ; stem about 2 in. long, often curved and wavy, 

 scaly, whitish above. 



Stature and habit of Hypholoma fasciculare, but differs in the 

 clear, rusty spores. 



On old trunks, furze roots, etc. 



F. clitopila. — Cap i-if in. across, convex, then expanded, disc 

 depressed and umbilicate, smooth, dry, purplish brown ; gills 

 slightly adnexed, ventricose, dingy yellowish ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, ventricose, smoky brown, with a few scattered fibrils towards 

 the base, hollow, brown inside. 



On the ground under firs. 



F. purpiirata. — Cap 1-2 in. across, fleshy, convex, then expanded, 

 obtusely umbonate, clad with persistent, minute, small squamules, 

 dry, purple or purple-brown, not becoming pale ; gills adnate, 

 lemon-yellow, then very deep and bright rust-colour, narrow ; stem 

 1-2 in. long, curved, ascending, solid, smooth, pallid above, pur- 

 plish and granular downwards, ring imperfect, fibrillose. 



Taste very bitter. Flesh of cap thick, becoming tinged with 

 violet or purple. 



On old tree-fern stems. Probably an introduced species. 



F. filicea. — Cap §-i| in. across, thin, convex, then plane or 

 sHghtly depressed, minutely squamuloso-fibrillose, deep yellow, 

 disc tawny orange ; gills adnate, crowded, sulphur-yellow, then 

 tawny cinnamon ; stem i|-2 in. long, equal, even, almost smooth, 

 sulphur-yellow, base often tawny, hollow. 



Remarkable for the sulphur-yellow colour of every part, the 

 flesh also. 



On old tree-fern stems. Probably an introduced species. 



CORTINARIUS 



Cap symmetrical ; gills usually adnexed or adnate, spores rust- 

 colour in the mass ; stem central ; secondary veil cobweb-like or 



