60 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



■wHte, at others yellowish, shining, not hygrophanous ; g-ills 

 adnexed, crowded, 2 lines broad, thin, white, then tan- 

 colour, at length ochraceous- cinnamon from the spores ; 

 stem stuffed then hollow, 1-2 in. long, about 3 lines thick, 

 ascending, white, smooth, base davato-bulbous, veil white, 

 fup;acious ; spores 8 x 5 /x. 



Gortmarius (Dermocybe) decumbens, Fries, Epicr., p. 284 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 257 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 81 Ca. 



In woods and grassy places. 



Small, firm, characterised by the ascending stem. 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) riculatus. Fr. 



Pilous 2-3 in. across, fleshy, margin thin, convexo-pLino, 

 slightly gibbous, fiindamental tint honey-colour, but this 

 colour is most conspicuous at the disc, the remainder very 

 delicately silky or floccose from the veil, which is closely 

 adpressed ; flesh whitish ; gills adnate, crowded, up to 2 lines 

 broad, at first tan-colour then watery ferruginous ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, base J- in., apex 3 lines thick, even, glabrous, 

 pallid-white ; veil evident, pallid. 



Cortinarius (Dermocybe) riculatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 284 ; 

 Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 366. 



In pine woods. 



Stem spongy within, thickened and solid below, becoming 

 hollow above. There is no tinge of grey in the pileus. 



Cortinarius (Dermo.) tabularis. Fr. 



PUeus 3-4 in. across, equally fleshy, convexo-plane, broadly 

 gibbous, at length lemarltably flattened, tan-colour or 

 brownish-tan, becoming paler, at first covered with ex- 

 ceedingly delicate, white down from the veil, silky near the 

 margin, then entirely glabrous ; flesh white ; gills slightly 

 emarginate, crowded, thin, 3 lines broad, white then tan- 

 colour, rarely at fiist with a slight and fugacious tinge of 

 grey ; stem stuffed, becoming hollow, tough, elastic, equal, 

 or attenuated from the base, 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick,, 

 erect, sometimes floccoso-squamose, sometimes smooth and 

 almost glabrous, white then pallid ; veil white, fugacious. 



Cortinarius {jDermocyba') tabularis. Fries, Epicr., p. 284 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 257 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 783. 



In woods. 



