S8 FUXCfUS-FLOEA. 



■to the margin almost membranaceous and longitiidiiially 

 ]ilicato-rugose, fragile, ratlier viscid, usually livid-yellow 

 ^vllen moist, dingy ocliraceons when dry ; gills adnate, at 

 first about 3 lines broad, becoming much broader, up to 1 in., 

 rather distant, connected by veins, rugose at the sides, 

 always dark, brownish-cinnamon; stem solid, soft, o-T in. 

 long, h in. and more thick, commonly attenuate at both 

 ends, especially the base, loni!,itudinally fibrous, with broken- 

 up, whitish, viscid scales, rarely tinged violet; veil viscid, 

 fugacious; spores 12 x 6 /x. 



Gortinarius {Myxadurn) elatior, Tries, Monogr., ii. p. 37; 

 C!;e., Hdbk., p. 249 ; Cke, Illustr., pis. 741 and 742. 



In woods, especially pine. 



Large, remarkable for the thin flesh of the pileus; colour 

 livid bay, oohraceous, ortan, but sometimes also blackish-bay, 

 brownish-violet, greyish with the margin violet, whilish, &c. 

 Gills always dark, also violet-brown ; stem white, sometimes 

 violaceous, concentrically squamulose and silky. (Fries.) 



Gortinarius (Myx.) grallipes. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, almost membranaceous except 

 at the disc, umbo prominent often acute, campanulate then 

 expanded, hygrophanus, even, rather viscid (not glutinous), 

 ferruginous when moist, ochraceous-tan when dry, opaque : 

 gills entirely adnate, with a deourrent tooth, plane, attenu- 

 ated in front, ci'owded, sides smooth (not veined), tan- 

 colour then ferruginous; stem 4^6 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, 

 everywhere equal but flexuous, tough, fibroso-striate, viscid, 

 tawny-yellow, ochraceous when dry, apex naked, stuffed, 

 then hollow. 



Cortinarius (Myxactnni) grallipes, Fries, Epicr., p. 375 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 249 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 734. 



In mixed woods. 



With the habit of Cort. Jiinnuleus, but viscid, not lacerated. 

 Gills up to ^- in., broad behind. (Fries.) 



Cortinarius (Myx,) livido-ochraceus. Berk. 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, almost membranaceous, convex then 



plane, viscid, margin not striate, ochraceous; gills rounded 



behind and slightly adnexed, broad in front, pale then ciinia- 



mon; stem about 1 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, attenuated at 



