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old stumps and on the naked soil. Both species are also found 
and eaten in the United States. 
In Cortinarius, the veil is composed of arachnoid threads, and 
the spores are rusty. The number of edible species are few. 
Foremost is the really handsome Cortinarius violaeus, Fr.,* often 
nearly four inches in diameter, and of a beautiful violet colour ; 
and the smaller Cortinarius castaneus, Fr.,f scarcely exceeding an 
inch in diameter, both being found in woods, and common alike 
to Britain and the United States. Cortinarius cinnamomeus, Fr., 
is also a lover of woods, and in northern latitudes is found in- 
habiting them everywhere. It has a cinnamon-coloured pileus, 
with yellowish flcsh, and its odour and flavonr is said to partake 
of the same spice. In Germany it is held in high esteem. Cor- 
tinarius emodensis, B., is eaten in Northern India. 
The small genus Lepista of Smith (which, however, is not 
adopted by Fries in his new edition of the “ Epicrisis ”) includes 
oue esculent species in Lepista personata, the Agaricus personatus 
of Fries. It is by no means uncommon in Northern Europe 
or America, frequently growing in large rings; the pileus is 
pallid, and the stem stained with lilac. Formerly it was said 
to be sold in Covent Garden Market under the name of “‘blewits,” 
but we have failed to see or hear of it during many years in 
London. 
Small fungi of ivory-whiteness are very common amongst 
grass on lawns in autumn. These are chiefly Hygrophorus 
virgineus, Hr.,§ and although not much exceeding an inch in 
diameter, with a short stem, and wide decurrent gills, they are 
so plentiful in season that quantity soon compensates for the 
small size. Except that it is occasionally eaten in France, it 
does not enjoy much reputation abroad. A larger species, vary- 
ing from buff to orange, Hyyrophorus pratensis, Fr.,|| is scarcely 
less common in open pastures. This is very gregarious in habit, 
* Hussey, ‘¢ Mycol. lust.” pl. 12. 
+ Dulliard, “Champ.” t. 268. 
t Cooke, ‘* Easy Guide,” pl. 4, fig. 1; Hussey, ‘‘ Illust.” vol. ii, pl. 40, 
§ Greville, ‘‘ Scot. Crypt. Flora,” t. 166. 
Il Ibid., t. 91. 
