232 AGARICACE/E Cortinarius 



1071. C. miltinus Fr. (from the colour, like red lead, Gr. miltos) 



a b. 

 P. expanded, gibbous or subumbonate, bay-brown-cinnamon to 



brick-red. St. hollow, attenuate upwards, cinnamon, reddish 



or crimson, salmon above and below, zoned red with Co. 



G. adnate, crowded, reddish-cinnamon to ferruginous. Flesh 



rose in St., pale brown in P. 

 Odour none. Woods, mixed, mossy places. Oct. if x ij X ^ in. 



1072. C. cinnabarinus Fr. (from the vermilion colour ; cinnabaris, 



vermilion) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, vivid scarlet-red. St. equal, 

 solid, colour as P. G. adnate or subdecurrent, blood-red, and 

 then blood-sienna. Flesh orange- vermilion in P., vermilion 

 in St. 



Taste mushroom-like ; odour of radish. Woods, beech. Sept.-Oct. 

 2 X 2 X in. Wholly dark-brown when dry. 



1073. C. sanguineus Fr. (from the wholly blood-red colour ; sanguis, 



blood) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse, plane. St. equal, stuffed to hollow. G. 

 adnate. 



Odour of radish. Woods, pine, oak. Sept-Nov. 2j X 2 & X J in. Giving 

 out a blood-red juice when pressed. Sometimes very small. 



1074. C. anthraeinus Fr. (from the colour of the stem and gills, like 



burning coal, Gr. anthrax) a b c. 

 P. convex, umbonate, dark chestnut. St. hollow, equal, deep 



blood-red, fuscous below. G. rounded adnate, crowded, red 



to fiery-red, blood-red when bruised. 

 Woods, amongst moss. Aug.-Sept. ij X if X in. 



1075. C. cinnamomeus Fr. (from the cinnamon colour) a b c. 



P. expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, somewhat pale or bright 

 cinnamon. St. stuffed to hollow, zoned. G. adnate, crowded, 

 blood-red, red-cinnamon, saffron, golden, or light yellow. 

 Flesh yellowish. 



Tasteless. Woods, mixed, fir ; common. Aug.-Feb. Variable in size. 

 Large 2 X3J X T 5 S in. Small f X if X $ in. Var. semisanguineus Fr. 

 G. blood-red. Var. croceus Fr., smaller than type. G. yellowish or olive. 

 Intermediate forms occur between the type and its varieties. 



1076. C. eroeeoeonus Fr. (from the saffron colour of the conical 



pileus ; croceus, saffron, conns, a cone) a. 



P. conical, campanulate, acutely umbonate, tawny-cinnamon to 

 yellowish-tawny. St. stuffed to hollow, yellow, zoned. 

 G. adnexo-rounded, crowded, yellow to cinnamon. Flesh 

 yellow. 



Woods, pine, mossy places. Autumn. I X I \ X ^ in. 



