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628 257. Cortinar. 11. HY MENOTHECE. Pl.cell.aph. 
2. Cortinaria violacea. Violet curtain-stool. 
Stem bluish; collar rust-colour; cap split, edge violet, 
woolly. 
Agaricus violaceus, Bolton Fung. 52; Persoon Syn, 277. 
On the borders of woods. 
3. Cortinaria nuda. Naked curtain-stool. 
Thalli gregarious; stem rather long, slenderish, cylin- 
drical, naked, pale violet; collar mostly 0; cap fleshy, 
lano-convex, edge expanded, changing from violet to 
reddish ; gills crowded, pale violet. 
Agaricus nudus, Bull. Herb. 439; Persoon Syn. 277. 
Agaricus violaceus, var. 2, Withering Arr. 4, 243, 
In fir plantations. 
4. Cortinaria cinerea. Grey curtain-slool. 
Stem bulbous; cap fleshy, hemispherical, dotted or scaly, 
wrinkled, violet-grey ; gills distinct, purplish-brown. 
Agaricus violaceus, Scheff. Fung. 3; Withering Arr, 4, 242. 
Agaricus violaceo-cinereus, Persoon Syn. 279. 
In oak woods. 
b. Cap brown-bay. 
5. Cortinaria bicolor. Two-colaured curtain-stool, 
Stem thick, rather tuberous, woolly, pale violet; cap 
fleshy, convex, reddish-brown; edge turned in, rather 
woolly; gills pale violet. 
Agaricus violaceus, Sowerby Fungi, 209, not of Persoon. 
Agaricus bicolor, Persoon Syn. 281. 
Blewits. 
In woods. 
Taste inferior to that of the common mushroom; but 
sold for making katsup. 
¢. Cap yellowish, or cinnamon-colour. 
6. Cortinaria collinita. Glued curtain-stool. 
Stem split transversely into cartilaginous, gelatinous 
scales; collar nearly vanishing; cap fleshy, bossed, covered 
with a viscous slime, drying on it. 
Agaricus collinitus, Sowerby Fungi, 9; Persoon Syn. 261. 
Agaricus mucosus, Bull. Herb. 549. 
In woods. 
