78 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



solid liiit spongy witliiii, soft, pallid ; veil at first somewtat 

 peronate but commonly the stem is naked, apex delicately 

 cortinated, fibrils becoming cinnamon-tinted from the spores, 

 a white, membranaceous ring is rarely present ; spores 

 10-12 X 6-7 /i. 



Cortinarius (Inoloma) malachius, Fries, Epicr., p. 280 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 253 ; Cke., lUnstr., pi, 756. 



In fir woods. 



Flesh of stem soft, pileus equally flesh, hoary with fas- 

 ciculate down, at first similar to Cort. armeniacus, but at 

 length discoloured and hygrophanous. Inodorous. A perfect, 

 membranaceous ring is sometimes present. (Fries.) 



Flesh of the stem soft, often contorted and ventricose, 

 3-4 in. long and 1 in. thick. Pileus 2 in. broad, lilac, then 

 tawny ferruginous, or when dry of a brick-red, becoming . 

 pale, hoary with a whitish pubescence, or silky at the 

 margin. Spores 10-12 x 6-7 fi. (Cooke.) 



Cortinarius (Ino.) camphoratus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 obtuse, at first silky and lilac-colour, then almost glabrous 

 and whitish or yellowish, not hygrophanous; flesh blue; 

 gills at first arcuate, commonly adnato-decurrent, but some- 

 times emarginate, thin, crowded, at first deep sky-blue then 

 purplish ; stem 3-5 in. long, soft, bulbous or obclavate, |-1 

 in. thick, woolly-peronate when young, violet • inside and 

 base white, solid ; cortina fibrillose, blue, at length cinnamon 

 from the spores; spores ochraceous-cinnamon, elliptical, 

 « X 6/i. 



Cortinarius {Inoloma) camphoratits, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 50 ; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 253 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 771. 



In pine woods, &c. 



This, and the two following ((7. Mrcinus and C. traganvs), 

 are distinguished from all others by their foetid and highly- 

 penetrating odour. The smell of the present species is 

 altogether peculiar, and quite different from the goat-like 

 «mell of C. Mrcinus. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Ino.) hircinus. Fr. 

 Pileus about 2 in. across, fleshy, obtusely gibbous, silky, 

 -with adpressed, violet fibrils, becoming pale, disc almost 



