COBTEfABirS. 1''j7 



esperaaUy Cortinarius glaaeepag. The fonn deseribed aboTe 

 is short, robnst, very compact, jnicy, and Iseconiing purplish 

 Uue trhen Irinsed. A second form occms in dense beech 

 ■woods; very large, rather eaespitose. stem longer, rather 

 twisted, pilens undulate, up to S in. broad, brownish-tan. 

 then cinnamon from the fallin g spores. Gills at first greyish 

 purple ; remainder as in typical form. (Pries.) 



Tar. subpurpnrascens, Pries. Epicr., p. 2o-5 : Cbe., UltLstr., 

 pL 725 : Cte., Hdbk., p. 243. 



PUens not compact, obtuse, at length ■^ery much dilated, 

 and undnlately craved, Tiscii, tawny smoke-colour, beccming 

 pale, obeoletely fibrillos-:-Tirgate, rather spotted ; ~Km at 

 length hollow, 3—1 in. long, ^ in. thicl:. sac cylindrical, 

 marginately bnlbtns, fibrillose below, naked alove, glabrons. 

 slightly striate, pale blnish or whitisli ; gills K.metimei. 

 emarginate, almost free, seimetimes ' decurrent, pallid tLen 

 cinnamon, becoming pDrplisli w^hen braised. Flesh soft, 

 ■white (very dilate blue^ unchangeable. 



In ■woods. 



*** Gills femiffinous, tawny, or yeUow. 



Coztiiiariiis (Fhleg.) dibaphns. Fr. 



Pileus 3—4 in, across, convex then plane, at length depresse-i, 

 ■viscid, glabrons, purplish, the disc becoming yellowish, at 

 length ■variegated with lilac ; flesh yellow -with a -violet line 

 under the cuticle.: gQls adnate, slightly rounded, rather 

 cro-wded, about 3 lines broad, parplish-fermginons, margin 

 quite entire; stem aboat 3 in. long, stuffed, marginately 

 balbous, about i in. thick, fibrillcse, yellow, s lining, apex 

 purplish, yellow ■within ; spores 12x5//. 



Cortinariws (PJilegmaaum) dibapiug. Fries, Monc^., iL p. 21 ; 

 Cte., Hdbk., p. 243. 



Cortinarias hiter/peg, riecr. n. 250. 



In woods. 



Taste and smell none. 



Yar. xanthophyllns, Cke., Hdbk., p. 243 ; Cke., Jllustr., 

 pL 753. 



Gills at first, and for a long time, yeUow. 



