CORTINAEirS. 29 



Coriinarius (Sygrocybe) dolahraius, Fries, Epicr., p. 311 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 279 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 811. 



In pine woods, amongst Vaccinium, Sphagnum, ifec. 



About the stature of a large specimen of C. evernius, but 

 firmer, differently coloured, gills entirely adnate, veil very 

 fugacious. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) rigens. Fr. 



Pileus 1-3 in. across, flesh, thin, when j'oung campanulate, 

 lax, then convex, obtuse or broadly gibbous, even, glabrous, 

 opaque and tan-colour when moist, whitish-tan when dry; 

 flesh rather firm, white ; gills adnate, slightly decurrent, 

 distant, very broad (3-5 lines), distinct, watery tan then 

 pale cinnamon; stem 2-4 in. long, 2-5 lines thick, but very 

 variable, equal, or incrassated, sometimes at the base, some- 

 times at the apex, also fusiform, stuffed, elastic, distinctly 

 cartUaginouslj' corticated, rigid and tough, rooting, glabrous, 

 even, naked, pallid when moist, white when dry ; spores pip- 

 shaped, minutely granulated, G-7 X 4 /x. 



Cortinarius rigens. Fries, Monogr., i. p. 107 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 280; Cke., Illustr., pi. 812. 



In woods. 



Allied to Cortinarius dolalratus, but more rigid, not fragilp, 

 smaller, and paler; gills also darker and opaque. Flesh 

 white. Veil scarcely evident. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) Krombholzii. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, rather fleshy, conico-campanulate, 

 then gibbous, even, smooth, disc fleshy, pale yellowish-tan, 

 disc darker, margin thin, appendiculate ; gills rounded 

 behind and slightly adnexed, 3 lines broad, ferruginous, 

 margin yellowish ; stem 3-5 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal, 

 extreme base slightly swollen, naked, even, whitish, hollow; 

 veil white, rather membranaceous, soon disappearing from 

 the stem, but remaining in fragments at the margin of the 

 pileus ; spores ferruginous, 8 X 4—5 fj,. 



Coriinarius (Hygrocyhe) Kromhholzii, Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 395; Cke., Hdbk., p. 280 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 813. 



On the ground amongst moss. A remarkable species 

 having the ferruginous spores of Cortinarius, but with a 

 membranaceous and not fibrillose veil that remains in frag- 



