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Cortinaritis (Hygrocxjhe) milvinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 314; 

 Cke., Hdbk., 2S3 ; Cke., Ulustr., plate 846b. 



In woods. 



Gregarious, stem 2—3 in. long, 2 lines thick, not flexuons. 

 Pileus J— 1 in. tread, fawn-colour with an olive tinge. Strong 

 scented. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Hygr.) faseiatus. Fr. 



Pileus J— I in. across, sutmembranaceous, conical, then 

 ■expanded, the acute umbo blackish, the remainder brick-red, 

 glabrous, minutely silky and becoming pale when dry ; gills 

 adnate, slightly Tentrioose, thin, truly distant, distinct, 

 Ih line broad, cinnamon ; stem variable, sometimes about 

 2 in. long, 1 line thick, straight; or 3-4 in. long, flexuous, 

 and with the surface undulated, not cuticulose but splitting 

 entirely into fibrils, hollow, glabrous, pallid brownish, then 

 brownish cinnamon ; spores cinnamon, 8 x 5 /i. 



Cortinarius (Tliigroeybe) faseiatus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 114; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 282 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 814. 



Damp places in pastures under pines, itc. 



Eemarkable for the stem splitting longitudinally into 

 fibres ; resembling O. flexipes in colour, but in most respects 

 nearest to C. acutus, from which it differs in the very distant 

 gills. 



Suhgen. TELAMOXIA. 



AXALTSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



I. Plattphtlli. 



GUIs very broad, rather thick, more or less distant. Stem 

 spongy or entirely fibrous. 



* Stem and veil white or whitish. 



** Stem and gills violet. Cortina or partial veil whitisli,^ 

 tinted violet, or universal veil white. 



*** Stem and veil red or yellow. Gills tawny or 

 cinnamon, not violet nor becoming brown. 



**** Stem becoming brownish, veil fuscoiis or dingy, gills 

 dark. 



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