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THE LARGER FUNGI 
SUBGENUS: 5. TELAMONIA Fr. 
(Gr., telamon , a broad linen bandage.) 
‘‘Piieus thinly fleshy or abruptly thin at the margin, moist, hygrophanous, 
smooth or sprinkled with superficial whitish fibres of the veil. Stem cortinate 
and annulate and hence the veil is somewhat double.” — Rea. 
The piieus is hygrophanous, changing in colour as its moisture is lost, thus 
differing from Inoloma and Dcrmoeybc, The universal thin slightly membranous 
veil extends in the young plant from the base of the stem over the marginal 
part of the piieus and, on rupturing, may leave portion adhering as a sheath on 
the stem (stem peronate), or remnants may remain on the stem, or fragments 
may be left on the margin of the piieus. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
I ’ileus reddish brown, reddish cinnamon, russet, etc., 
when moist', submembranaceous. 
Stem attenuated downwards. 
Edge of piieus striate when moist. Edges of 
gills whitish and finely serrate. Spores 7.5 
x 4 ,u 153. Cortinarius (Tela- 
monia) si rial ulus. 
Piieus not striate. Edges of gills not whitish 
and not serrate. Stem white. Spores 7.5 
to 8.5 x 4.2 g 154. C. (T.) rusiseo- 
cinnamonciis. 
Stem not attenuated downwards. 
Piieus more or less hoary from whitish fibrils. 
Gills oehracoous tawny. Stem Whitish. 
Caespitose. Spores 9 x 4.5 ft 155. C. (T.) fibrillosus. 
Vinaeeous or purplish tints present. 
Piieus vinaeeous drab brown. Gills and stem 
purplish brown. Spores 9 x 7.5, 7.5 x (i .. 156. C. (T.) riikieeo- 
rin.ereus. 
153. Cortinarius (Telamonia) striatulus del . (L., slruttuln is, diminutive of 
sti-iate). — Piieus up to tin. (2.5 cm.), somewhat convex to nearly plane, more 
or less gibbous, wavy on the margin, sometimes slightly repand, very finely 
fibrillose, submembranaceous, when moist striate at the periphery and between 
Russet' and Cinnamon Brown (xv.) with a pale ring round the edge, when dry 
paler than Cinnamon Buff (xxix.), Gills sinuate, moderately close, slightly yeu- 
tricose, near Sayal Brown (xxix.) with narrow finely serrate whitish edges. 
Stem 2in. (5 cm.), moderately slender, a little flexuous, sometimes flattened, 
attenuated at the base and sometimes at the apex as well, fibrillose, markedly 
hollow, pallid with a brownish tint above. Flesh pallid with a slight reddish- 
brown tint. Spores yellow-brown, oblique, 7.5 x 4 g. Snbcaespitose amongst 
shrubs under Eucalvpts. South Australia — Mount Lofty. July. 
154. Cortinarius (Telamonia) russeo-cinnanioneus Clel. (L., russeus, of a flesh 
or carnation colour, russet'; ciinuuiioiirii. s, cinnamon coloured). — Piieus J to 14in. 
(1.8 to 3.7 cm.), irregularly convex, then more expanded, edge wavy, sometimes 
repand, more or less gibbous, very finely fibrillose, submembranaceous, edge 
slightly inturned when young, when moist Russet (xv.) or Mikado Brown 
(xxix.), drying to Cinnamon Buff or Clay Colour (xxix.). Gills adnato-simmte 
with a slight deeurrent tooth, moderately close, veut'ricose, tawny cinnamon, edges 
not pallid or serrate. Stem 14 to 24in. (3.7 to 6.2 cm.), moderately slender, 
attenuated at the base, sometimes flexuous, finely silky-fibrillose, solid then 
hollow, white. Flesh of stem pallid reddish-brown. Veil when very young as 
delicate white fibrils covering the globose piieus and descending to clothe the 
stem. Spores yellowish brown, 7.5 to 8,5 x 4.2 y. Snbcaespitose under Eucalvpts. 
South Australia — Belair. July. 
155. Cortinarius (Telamonia) fibrillosus Clel. (L., fibrillosus, possessing fibrils). 
— Piieus J to Hin. (1.2 to 3.7 cm.), convex becoming irregularly plane, usually 
gibbous, sometimes slightly dimpled, hoary from whitish mealy fibrils sometimes 
forming a white edge to the piieus, moist-looking, more or less hygrophanous, 
near Chestnut Brown (xiv.) and Vandyke Brown (xxvm.), near Tawny (XV.) 
