58 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



superficial squamules, then glabrous, opaque, very hygro- 

 phanous, brown wben moist, dingy tan when dry ; flesh of 

 the disc coloured like the pileus, elsewhere almost obsolete ; 

 gills adnate, broad, crowded, at first whitish-pallid then 

 cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. long, 1 line thick, rather tough, 

 surface undulated, brownish both outside and inside, paler 

 when young, base with white down, furnished with scattered, 

 white squamules, apex with a white ring, hollow, spores 

 7-8 X 3 /i. 



Cortenarius {Telamonid) paleaceus, Fries, Bpicr., p. 302 ; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p.-273 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 826. 



Damp places in beech woods, &c. 



Much more slender than Gm-t. rigidus, usually acutely 

 umbonate. Differs from Cort. iliopodius in the stem being 

 floccoso-squamulose and not tawny inside. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Tela.) iris. Massee. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, hemispherical then expanded, 

 acutely umbonate, pale ochraceous-brown, silky, densely 

 covered with minute white fibrils, usually splitting at the 

 margin, flesh thin ; gills rather crowded, moderately broad, very 

 much cut out behind and slightly attached, dirty ochraceous 

 then bright orange-brown, margin entire, stem 2^3 in. long, 

 conical, ^ in. thick at base, 2 lines at the apex, solid, below 

 the bright-brown fibrillose ring orange-brown, and covered 

 with pointed fibrillose squamules of the same colour, above 

 the ring smooth and silky, violet, becoming pale, flesh simi- 

 larly coloured ; spores elliptical, obliquely apiculate, smooth, 

 orange-brown, 10 x 5yu,; cystidia absent. 



On the ground in woods ; Carlisle, Oct. 1887. (Dr. 

 CJarlyle.) 



Solitary or in clusters of 2-4. Most nearly allied to Cort. 

 (JTelamonia) paleaceus, but distinguished by the conspicuously 

 conical, straight, solid stem, size of spores, &o. 



Cortinarius ^Tela.) Cookei. Quelet. 

 Pileus up to ^ m. across, tawny-yellow, covered with a 

 paler, shining, woolly veil, conical, umbonate, fibrillose ; gills 

 adnate, violet then reddish, at length rust-colour, about 

 1 line broad ; stem 1^—2 in. long, 1 line thick, equal, flexuous, 

 pale, with several yellowish flocoose zones, stuffed; spores 

 elliptical, 7 X 3 • 5 /^. 



