236 AGARIC AC E^! Cortinarius 



1090. C. urbieus Fr. (from its habitat, near trees and human habita- 



tions ; urbs, a city) a b. 

 P. hemispherical, convexo-plane, clay-whitish ; marg. crenato- 



torn. St. solid, equal, white zoned. G. emarginate, crowded, 



watery-ferruginous. 

 Grassy places. Sept.-Oct. 2J x 2^ x in. 



1091. C. licinipes Fr. (from the woolly stem ; lidnium, lint, pes, a 



foot) a b. 



P. campanulate, flat, obtusely umbonate, pale yellow to pallid tan. 

 St. stuffed to hollow, equal, whitish, fugitive floccose, villous 

 below, annulate. G. adnate, subcrowded, watery cinnamon. 



Odour none. Woods, fir, damp places. Oct. 2| x 2 x ^ in. Var. 

 robustior Cooke is larger and stouter than type. 



1092. C. micpoeyelus Fr. (from the veil, forming a small circle ; Gr. 



mikroS) small, knklos, a circle) a b. 



P. campanulato-expanded, reddish-fuscous ; mid. darker, paler 

 when dry. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, whitish, zoned 

 white. G. adnate, distant, lilac to cinnamon. 



Under trees, pines. Oct. if x 2 x T 3 S in. 



1093. C. torvus Fr. (from its habit, growing in wild places as con- 



trasted with 1090 ; torvus, savage) a b c. 

 P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, brick-red, brown, coppery or 



pale brown, shaded purplish. St. solid, clavate or equal, 



pale violaceous above, whitish and floccoso-scaly below. A. 



white. G. adnate, thick, distant, becoming purplish-umber 



and dark cinnamon. Flesh faintly dull purplish, often much 



eaten by larvae. 

 Taste insipid, not unpleasant. Odour disagreeable, like 648. Woods, mixed, 



beech ; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 4 X 5| X f in. Intermediate forms occur 



between this and 1094. 



1094. C. impennis Fr. (from its smoothness as contrasted with 1095 ; 



impennis, without feathers) a b. 



P. hemispherico-convex, glabrous, brown to reddish ; marg. silky 

 and pale violet when young. St. solid to hollow, equal or 

 subclavate, fibrillose, pallid, with a white Z. G. adnate or 

 emarginate, very broad, cinnamon, shaded flesh-violet, becoming 

 watery ferruginous. Substance soft and watery. 



Taste none. Woods, pine, amongst dead leaves. Sept.-Oct. 4J| X 5 X in. 

 Var. lucorum Fr. St. sometimes tinged with violet above. G. emarginate, 

 cinnamon slightly shaded violet, Massee (Eur. Fung. Fl. 192) regards 

 this as a species. 



1095. C. plumiger Fr. (from the scales on the pileus and stem; 



plumiger, bearing feathers) a. 



P. convexo-plane, umbonate, fuscous, olive-shaded to brick-tan, 

 white floccoso-scaly. St. solid, clavate, floccoso-scaly below, 

 whitish. A. white. G. adnate, scarcely crowded, becoming 

 pale cinnamon. 



Woods, mixed. Sept.-Oct. 2\ x 2j x ^ in. 



