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Cortinanus (Hygrocyhe) scandens. Pries, Monogr., i. p. 108 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 830. 



In damp places in fir ■woods, &c. 



Stem 3-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, soft, yellowish ■when 

 moist, shining white when diy, base subulate, ahvays ■white. 

 Yell thin, fibrillose, superior. Pileus |-1 in. and more, tan- 

 colour T\-hen dry, but the tunbo, ■which may be acute, obtuse, 

 or obsolete, rather ta^wny. Gills narrow, 1-2 lines broad, 

 plane. (Fries.) 



■** Stem violet or reddish. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) erythrinus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-li^ in. across, conical then convex, regular, umbo- 

 nate, umbo obtuse or almost obsolete, darker, even, glabrous, 

 Tufous-bay, ta'wny ■when dry, the thin flesh almost the same 

 colour when moist ; gills slightly adnexed, thin, rather 

 distant, ventricose, at first pallid then pale cinnamon ; stem 

 1|— 8 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, rarely thickened at the 

 base, straight or ascending, glabrous, but striate from the 

 adpressed fibrils, white, -violaceous above, stufied then hollo^w ; 

 veil superior, fibrillose, -white. 



Cortinarius (Hygrocyhe') erythrinus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 109 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 281 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 798a. 



In damp ■woods, amongst leaves, &c. 



Var. argyropus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 396. 

 Slenderer than the type form, stem silvery, apex -with 

 ■white meal. 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) decipiens. Fr. 



Pileus |— 1 in. across, flesh thin, dingy, conical, glabrous, 

 shining, bay-brown, then brick-red ■when dry, at length 

 depressed round the slightly fleshy, prominent, darker umbo ; 

 gills adnata, thin, rather cro^wded, reddish ferruginous ; stem 

 2-2\ in. long, 1 J line thick, equal, covered ■with a separable 

 pallid cuticle, pale brick-red within, imperfectly hoUow; 

 spores elliptical, dingy ferruginous, 8 X 5 /j,. 



Cortinarius {Eygrocybe) decipiens, Fiies, Epicr., p. 312 

 Cke. Hdbk., p. 281 , Cke., lUustr., pi. 798b. 



In woods. 



Stem usually straight, without any tinge of ■violet. 



