188 OUTLINES ov liinnsii fl'ngoi,0(,;y. 



ttt Elastici. — Cortina sinijilr^ tlnii, j'iKjacioiis, iiiediul or inferior; 

 stem at first extended, somevhat thin, never margimito-hdhous 

 or sheathed, hat rigid-elastic, exlernaUy somewhat cartilaginouSy 

 polished, naked at apex, at length comvwnh/ holhnr : pileus 

 thin, often h;/grophanovs. 



* Gilh vliitish, then chuj coloured, or dirtg cinnamon. 



36. C. (Phlegmacium) ciimatilis, Fr. ,- pileus 3 iu., 

 violet or purple-violet, convex, obtuse, often irregular, with 

 a viscous pellicle, even, smooth ; Hesh hard, shiuing white, 

 furnished with a cortina at apex ; the universal veil which 

 serves as a pellicle of pileus ruptured at the base and adnate 

 to it as a separable agglutinated membrane same colour 

 as pileus ; gills attenuato-adnexed, almost free, crowded, 

 narrow, with a small decurrent tooth, acute at apex, white, 

 then clay-colour. 



In woods. Honningham, Norfolk. 



37. C. (Phlegmacium) serarius, Vr. ; pileus 3-4' in., 

 fleshy, convex, then plane, gibbous, unpolished, viscid, 

 opaque ; stem solid, equal, fibrillose, shining, white ; Hesh 

 white ; gills arcuatcly adtixed with a decurrent tooth. 

 crowded, whitish, then clay-colour. 



In woods. 



38. C. (Phlegmacium) emollitus, /*>. ; pileus 3-4 iu., 

 fleshy, lax, sub-repand, delicately fibrilloso-virgate, viscid, 

 shining when dry, ochraceous-yellow ; margin tliin, broken ; 

 stem stuffed, short, unequal, fibrillose, soft, white ; flesh 

 white ; gills emarginate, broad, rather distant, white, then 

 ochraceous. 



In grassy places in beech woods. 



39. C. (Phlegmacium) crystallinus, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., 

 fleshy, flattened, even, smooth, viscid, shining, hygropha- 



