S6 FUNGlTS-FLOIiA. 



■fl Delibuti. 



Veil entirely viscid, hence the stem is not floccosely 

 sheathed, hut varnished when dry. 



* Gills whitish, then pale-tan. 



** Gills at first violet, blue, or reddish. 



, *»* Gills at first ochraceous or cinnamon. 



COLLINITI. 



Cortinarius (Myx.) arvinaceus. Tr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, soft, convex soon expanded, 

 at length reflexed and undulate, even, glabrous, viscid, 

 shining when dry, golden-tawny or reddish-tan, when 

 vigorous the margin is slightly striate ; gills adnato-decur- 

 rent, very broad, ^-| in., smooth at the sides, rather distant, 

 margin crenulate, at first straw-colour, then clear ochraceous ; 

 stem solid, 6-8 in. high, |- in. thick, equal, silky-viscid, never 

 broken up into squamules, white; veil fibrillose and fugacious ; 

 spores bright ochraceous. 



Cortinarius (Myxaciuni) arvinaceus, Fries, Epicr., p. 274 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 248 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 737. 

 ^ In beech woods, &c. 



Stem a span high or sometimes shorter, ^- in. thick, pileus 

 3-4 in. broad, golden-tawny, viscid, not scaly nor glutinous, 

 obtuse ; gills up to f in. broad, crenulate,' rather distant ; 

 veil not forming a ring. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx.) coUinitus. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, fleshy except the margin, convex 

 with the margin incurved, then expanded, obtuse, even, 

 glutinous, shining, tawny-orange; gills adnate, 3-6 lines 

 broad, tan-colour or greyish then cinnamon; stem 3-5 in. 

 long, Tip to 1 , in. thick, firm, cylindrical, transversely scaly 

 from the breaking up of the floccose, glutinous veil ; spores 

 12 X 6 /J,. _ 



Cortinarius (Myxacium) collinitus, Fries, Epicr., p. 274 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 248 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 738. 



