28 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Cortinarius (Sygrocybe) pateriformis, Fries, Epicr., p. 310; 

 Fries, Mon., ii. p. 106; Cke., Hdbk., p. 279; Cke., lUustr., 

 pi. 858. 



Amongst grass, in woods, &c. 



A larger form occurs in pine woods, having the pilens 

 convexo-plane, 2 in. broad, slightly pilose under a lens, 

 thick, fragile, brown, when dry truly silvery and shining. 

 (Fries.) 



The larger form mentioned by Fries is the one figured by 

 Cooke. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) unimodus. Britz. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, campanulate then expanded, 

 obtusely umbonate, usually depressed round the umbo, 

 margin arched and rather incurved then straight, smooth, 

 shining, rufous-brown ; flesh rather thick except at the 

 margin, dingy; gills rounded behind, adnexed, distant, 

 ventricose, 2 lines or more broad, brown; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 2-3 lines thick, equal, lax, fibrous, brown below, pale above, 

 hollow; veil whitish, fugacious; spores elliptical, 10-12 x 

 6 jx. 



Cortinarius (Sygrocybe) unimodus, Britzelmayr, Hym. Sudb., 

 iv. f. 131 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 279; Cke., lUustr., pi. 359. 



In glassy places. 



The diagnoses by Britzelmayr are so meagre that his 

 species can only be conjectured. (Cooke.) 



Tenuiores. Flesh very thin, pileus acutely umbonate, margin 

 straight at first. 



* Stem white. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) dolabratus. Fr. 

 Pileus 2-4 in. across, flesh thin, fragile, campanulate then 

 convex, obtuse, for the most part glabrous, superficially silky 

 near the margin, even, brick-colour, when dry even and tan- 

 colour ; gills entirely adnate with a decurrent tooth, very 

 broad behind, up to 1 in. broad, rather thick, distant, distinct, 

 tawny-cinnamon ; stem 4-6 in. long, i-| in. thick, every- 

 where equal, cylindrical, glabrous, white, sometimes curved; 

 spores 12-14 x 7-8 /*. 



