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last condition sometimes torn into fibrils ; gills adnate. ventri- 

 cose, rather distant, very broad, thickish, the short ones 

 narrower, connected by veins, ferrnginous then tawny-cinna- 

 mon ; stem 2-4 in. long, 2 lines thick or more, curved, 

 flesnons (not nndnlated), attenuated at the haae, fragile, 

 ■with scattered, adpressed, white silky fibrils, for the rest 

 almost glabrous, yellowish-tan when moist, truly -white when 

 dry ; veil fibrillose, rarely conspicuous ; spores subochraceous ; 

 spores 9x5/1. 



Cortinariu^ (Sy'jrocyhe) oMusus, Frie=. Monogr., ii. p. Ill ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 2;2 ; Cke., Ulustr., pi. 845a. 



In -woods. Gregarious. 



Teil entirely fibrillose, whitish, making the young pileus 

 hoary and silky, commonly glabrous, but becoming broken 

 up when dry. Umbo disappearing. With an evident smell. 

 (Fries.) 



Cortinarins (Hygr.) acutus. Fr. 



Pileus about -^— J in. across, almost membranaceous, conical 

 then campantilate, at length expanded, -ombo acute and 

 coloured like the remainder, at length depressed round the 

 Tunbo, striate -when moist, obsoletely fibrillose near the 

 margiu when young, glabrous when adult, yellowish honey- 

 colour, rather shining, tan or white when dry, and looking 

 silky ; flesh very thin similarly coloured ; gD^s adnate, thin, 

 crowded, becoming more distant and free a,^' the pileus ex- 

 pands, lanceolate, ochraceous cinnamon. Stem o— 4 in. long, 

 1-2 lines thick, equal, flexuotis albe "'■ rillose, at length 

 glabrous, colour of the pileus when bbth moist and dry, 

 hollow ; spores 6 x 4 /x. 



Cortinarins (Sij'/rocyhe') acutus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 112; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., lUustr., ^il. 84oa. 



In mixed woods. Sometimes scattered, sometimes gre- 

 garious. "With the habit of Galera, but remarkable for the 

 acute umbo. 



**** Stem becoming dusky. 



Cortinarins i Hygr.) Jnnghnlmii. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, disc slightly fleshy, remainder 

 thin, conveso-plane, papillato-umbonate, striate to the middle 

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