52 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



colour then pale cinnamon; stem 3 in. long, ^ in. and more 

 thick, fragile, clavate or somewhat bulbous, almost glabrous, 

 pallid, stuifed and spongy inside, ring white; spores elliptical, 

 apiculate, 10 x 6 /i. 



Cortinarius (Telamonia) triformis, Fries, Epior., p. 299 ; Hym. 

 Eur., p. 382 ; Cke., lldbk., p. 270 ; Uke., lllustr., pi. 790 (as 

 Cort. triformis, var. Schaefferi). 



In woods. 



Common in pine and mixed woods, assuming three marked 

 forms, as follows : — 



A. Schaefferi. In beech woods. Stem rather bulbous, 

 stuffed, spongy within, 3 in. long, I in. thick, fragile almost 

 glabrous, pallid, the veil forming an interwoven, distant, 

 white ring. Pileus unequally fleshy, margin thin, convex 

 then plane, obtuse or slightly gibbous, superficially fibrillose, 

 almost glabrous, at length with depressed dots, 2-3 in. 

 broad, always even, opaque, very hygvophanous, i'awn- 

 colour when young, then yellowish or honoy-colour, dirty 

 ochraceous when dry ; gills adnate, ventricose, rather 

 emarginate, 4 lines bi'oad, connected by veins, rather distant, 

 thin, watery honey-colour, then watery cinnamon. 



B. Melleopallens. In pine woods. Stem conically at- 

 tenuated, soft, imperfectly hollow, fragile, I in. thick, pallid 

 yellow without and within, glabrous except the zone formed 

 by the veil as in Cort. brunneus. Pileus hemispherical, 

 obtuse or obtusely umbonate, at first white-fibrillose then 

 glabrous, even, fuscous then honey-colour, pale tan when 

 dry; margin pellucidly striate; flesh watery-white. Gills 

 rather crowded, distinct, yellowish then as in previous form. 

 Habit of Cort. armeniacus, but paler, &c. 



C. Fusoo-pallens. Under pines. Stem stuffed, incrassated 

 at the basOj 3 in. long, 3— t lines thick, apex thinner, even, 

 brownish-white, ring as in the previous form. Pileus thin, 

 obtuse, fuscous becoming pale, passing when dry into honey- 

 coloured tan. Gills adnate, 1-2 lines broad, watery-white 

 then darker. Easily distinguished amongst its allies by the 

 constant dingy and watery pallid, almost honey-colour, and 

 the thin rather crowded gills. (Pries.) 



Cortinarius (Tela.) biformis. Fr. 

 Pileus lJ-3 in. across, flesh very thin except at the disc, 



