220 AGARICACE^E Cortinarius 



1007. C. atrovirens Kalch. (from the pileus, often dark green, atro- 



virens) a b. 

 P. convex, slightly depressed, green, sometimes olive-umber or 



bluish-green. St. pale-green, ferruginous below. G. adnate. 



Flesh tinged with green. Myc. sulphur or tawny. 

 Taste bitter ; odour none. Woods, pine. Oct.-Nov. 3f X 2f X f in. 



1008. C. seaurus Fr. (from the stem, as if with swollen ankles, 



scaurus) a b. 



P. convex, plane, depressed, spotted, tawny-fuliginous to 

 vinous ; mid. darker. St. fibrilloso-striate, bluish-grey or 

 pale olive, becoming white. G. adnate or adnexo-rounded, 

 crowded. 



Woods ; rare. Sept.-Nov. 3J X 3 X | in. 



1009. C. herpetieus Fr. (from the lengthening stem ; Gr. herpetikos, 



creeping) a b. 

 P. convex, obtuse, spotted, olive or yellow-olive, then tan. St. 



stuffed, fibrillose, greyish above, yellowish or tan below. G. 



adnate. 

 Woods. Sept. 2j x 2& x | in. 



c. Elastica. 



1010. C. cumatilis Fr. (from the colour of the pileus ; cumatilis, 



sea-coloured, blue) a b c. 

 P. convex, slate-grey or purple-grey; marg. fringed with Co. 



St. subbulbous, sometimes slightly rooting, white. G. attenuato- 



adnexed or adnate, serrate. 

 Sometimes subcsespitose. Woods. Sept.-Oct. 3f X 4^ X f in. 



1011. C. serarius Fr. (from the whey-like moisture of the pileus, like 



serum) a. 



P. convexo-plane, gibbous, ochreous, buff-whitish or white. 

 St. fibrillose, subrooting, ochre-whitish or white. G. broadly 

 adnate, crowded, at first pale olive, then sienna-olive with 

 ochre. Flesh pale yellowish. 



Woods. Autumn. 3J X 3| X f in. 



1012. C. emollitus Fr. (from its soft substance ; emollitus, soft) a b. 

 P. convex, obtuse, subrepand, fibrilloso-virgate, tawny ochreous- 



yellow. St. fibrillose, white, then tinged yellow. G. emarginate, 

 broad, subdistant. 



Often caespitose. Taste acrid. Woods, beech, grassy places. Sept.-Oct. 

 2j X li X J in. 



1013. C. erystallinus Fr. (from the shining white pileus; Gr. 



krustallinos, crystalline) a b. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, at first watery-pallid, or ivory. St. fibrillose, 



whitish-straw, zoned. G. emarginate. 

 Taste acrid. Woods, beech, fir, oak. Oct. if x i X i in. 



