98 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Gortinarius (Phlegmacium) varius. Fries. MoDOgr., ii. p. 8 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 238 : Cke., Illustr., pi. 698. 



Agaricus varius, Schaeff., t, 9. 



In woods. 



The stem is sometimes taller and almost equal, pileus 

 tawny-yellow, gills blue. 



Very variable in size, but nearly constant in colour. 

 Differs from the two last (A. glaucopus and G, callochrous) in 

 never having a blue tint on the stem. Gills, when young, 

 pale (purplish, the margin yellow, Schseff.), at length dilute, 

 of a clay colour inclining to cinnamon. Stem short or 

 elongated, marginato-bulbous or nearly equal, even or scaly. 

 (Fries.) 



Gortinarius (Phleg.) cyanopus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, fltsh thick, hemispherical then ex- 

 panded, even, viscid, margin thin, glabrous, livid-bay or 

 dingy tawny-brown ; gills adnate then adnexed and emar- 

 ginate, broad, rather crowded, violet, becoming paler ; stem 

 about 2 in. long, violet then whitish, naked above the superior, 

 thin veil, 1 in. or more thick, bulb depressed, oblique. 



Gortinarius (Phlegmaciwrn) cyanopus, Fries, Epicr., p. 258 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 238 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 699. 



In woods. 



Flesh of pileus not tinged violet, but dirty at first ; flesh, 

 of stem faintly variegated with violet upwards. Bulb large, 

 spongy, depressed, often oblique, more or less rhomboid but 

 not marginate. Pileus livid-bay then tan-colour. Gills in 

 the same cluster varying from intense violet to almost 

 white. (Fries.) 



Gortinarius (Phleg.) variicolor. Fr. 



Pileus 4-5 in. across, flesh thick at the centre, thin towards 

 the margin, convex then expanded and discoid, viscid, red- 

 dish-bay, the tomentose margin violet ; gills slightly emar- 

 ginate with a decurrent tooth, somewhat arcuate, crowded, 

 bluish-tan then cinnamon ; stem 4-6 in. long, 1 in. or more 

 thick, base bulbous, diffused upwards into the pileus, at first 

 downy, blue then whitish, solid, flesh coloured like the 

 outside; spores 9-10 X 5 /a. 



Gortinarius (Phlegmacium) variicolor. Fries, Epicr., p. 259 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 239 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 700. 



