244 AGARICACE^: Cortinarius 



1133. C. privignus Fr. (from its being fragile in a non-fragile group ; 



privignus, a stepson) a b. 



P. obtusely umbonate, flat, reflexed, hygrophanous, fuscous to tan. 

 St. stuffed to hollow, equal, silky with V. and Z. G. rounded- 

 adnate, not crowded, watery- then opaque-cinnamon. 



Taste scarcely acrid. Odour strong, unpleasant. Woods, pine, oak, damp 

 places. Oct. 2\ x 2 x J in. 



1134. C. duraeinus Fr. (from its firmness; durus, hard, acinus , a 



berry) a b. 



P. obtusely umbonate, pale brick-colour or sienna to tan, or mid. 

 sienna and marg. tan ; marg. clad with V. St. solid, ventricose, 

 attenuato-rooting, imperfectly zoned. G. adnate or emarginate, 

 ventricose, pale cinnamon or whitish-sienna. 



Woods, old pastures, near stumps. Aug.-Oct. 2\ x 3 X \ in. 



1135. C. illuminus Fr. (dark, as contrasted with the allied non-British 



C. candelaris ; illuminus ', dark) a b. 



P. gibbous, or subumbonate, pale brick-red, or orange with mid. 

 orange-sienna to tan. St. stuffed, equal or slightly attenuate 

 upwards, silky-fibrillose, pallid or tan-ochre, or white above and 

 ochre to sienna below. Z. ochre. G. adnate, subcrowded, sub- 

 distant, pallid to cinnamon or whitish-sienna. 



Woods, pine. Sept. ij x 2f X T 3 ff in. 



1136. C. tortuosus Fr. (from the somewhat twisted stem ; tortuosns, 



twisted) a b. 



P. gibbous, ferruginous-bay to brick-red, or warm- tan with mid. 

 and marg. somewhat dark crimson-umber, purple or turkey-red 

 when bruised. St. stuffed, equal, silvery, spotted with white 

 imperfect zones. G. adnate, crowded, tawny, purple or turkey- 

 red when bruised. 



Woods, pine, damp places. Autumn. 2^ x 4 X in. 



1137. C. dilutus Fr. (from the watery colour, diltittis) a. 



P. obtuse or subumbonate, opaque bay-brown or pale brick-red 

 to tan ; marg. white-silky and fringed with V. St. stuffed, 

 equal, silky- white. G. deeply emarginate, ventricose, crowded, 

 pale cinnamon or brownish-ochre. 



Odour none. Woods j rare. Nov. if x 2 X T 3 5 in. 



1138. C. saturninus Fr. (from its colour ; saturninus, gloomy) a b. 



P. obtuse or umbonate, dark bay-brown or umber, soon pale ; 

 marg. silky and appendiculate with V. St. stuffed to hollow, 

 attenuate upwards, deep violet or purple to pale dove-grey, 

 partially white-zoned. G. rounded-adfixed or emarginate, 

 crowded, thin, pale purple-grey to purplish and ferruginous. 



Sometimes subcaespitose. Odour faint. Grassy places. Oct. -Nov. 

 3 x 2j X in. 



