22 FUNGTJS-FLOEA. 



In grassy places. Odour faint. 



Evidently allied to Cortinarius armeniacus, and when old. 

 and decoloured the two are easily confounded. Subcaespi- 

 tose, odour weak. Stem firm, stufied, spongy within, in- 

 crassated downwards, 2-3 in. long, |-1 in. thick, sometimes 

 shorter and bulboso-Yentricose, fibrillose, saturated violet, 

 but becoming whitish. Yeil inferior, copious, white. Pileus 

 unequally fleshy, campanulate when young, then expanded, 

 obtuse, 2-3 or even 4-5 in. broad, even, glabrous, or when 

 young superficially sUky near the margin from the veil; 

 dark bay or almost umber, soon becoming dry and brick-red, 

 losing colour very much. Flesh violet becoming whitish, 

 tliin at the margin. Gills rounded behind, adfixed, very 

 broad (4 lines) crowded, thin, fragile, purplish when young, 

 at length watery ferruginous. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) imbutus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, fleshy in the centre, very thin else- 

 where, convex, obtuse, glabrous, yellowish tan, becoming 

 pale when dry, slightly fibrillose towards the margin ; gills 

 adnate, rather distant, about 4 lines broad, greyish-violet 

 then cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, -^ in. or more thick, 

 equal, even, whitish, apex tinged with violet, solid ; spores 

 pale ferruginous, elliptical, 7-8 x 4-6 yo. 



Cortinarius {Hygrocijbe) imhutus, Fries, Epicr., p. 306 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk,, p. 276 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 870. 



In woods. 



Stem solid, equal, 3 in. long, not an inch thick, sometimes 

 twisted, even, scarcety fibrillose, whitish, apex dilute violet, 

 same colour within. Veil white, adhering to the margin of 

 the pileus and to the stem, fugacious. Pileus almost equally 

 fleshy, convex, obtuse, 3 in. broad, even, glabrous, hoary- 

 fibrillose towards the margin, tan-colour then yellowish-red. 

 Gills rounded behind, rather distant, 3 lines broad, at first 

 dark grey or greyish-violet, never with a purple tinge, then 

 watery cinnamon. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) castaneus. Bull. 

 Pileus about Ij in. across, rather fleshy but firm, almost 

 tough, campanulate then expanded, sometimes obtusely 

 umbonate, often irregular, even, glabrous, brownish-chestnut. 



