628 257. Cortinar. 1 1 . HYMENOTHECEiE. Pl.cell.aph . 
2. Cortinaria violacea. Violet curtain-stool. 
Stem bluish; collar rust-colour; cap split, edge violet, 
woolly. 
Agaricus violaceus, JBolton Fung. 52; Persoon Syn „ 277. 
On the borders of woods. 
3. Cortinaria nuda . Naked curtain-stool. 
Thalli gregarious; stem rather long, slenderish, cylin- 
drical, naked, pale violet; collar mostly 0; cap fleshy, 
plano-convex, edge expanded, changing from violet to 
reddish ; gills crowded, pale violet. 
Agaricus nudus, Bull. Herb. 439 ; Persoon Syn. 277. 
Agaricus violaceus, var. 2, Withering Arr. 4, 243. 
In fir plantations. 
4. Cortinaria cinerea. Grey curtain-stool. 
Stem bulbous ; cap fleshy, hemispherical, dotted or scaly, 
wrinkled, violet-grey; gills distinct, purplish-brown, 
Agaricus violaceus, Schteff. Fung , 3 ; Withering Arr. 4,242. 
Agaricus violaceo-cinereus, Persoon Syn. 279. 
In oak woods. 
b. Cap Iroum-bay. 
5. Cortinaria licolor. Two-coloured curtain-stool. 
Stem thick, rather tuberous, woolly, pale violet ; cap 
fleshy, convex, reddish-brown ; edge turned in, rather 
woolly ; gills pale violet. 
Agaricus violaceus, Sowerby Fungi , 209, not of Persoon, 
Agaricus bicolor, Persoon Syn- 2$1. 
Blewits. 
In woods. 
Taste inferior to that of the common mushroom; but 
sold for making katsup. 
c. Cap yellowish , or cinnamon-colour . 
6. Cortinaria collinita. Glued curtain-stool . 
Stem split transversely into cartilaginous, gelatinous 
scales; collar nearly vanishing; cap fleshy, bossed, covered 
with a viscous slime, drying on it. 
Agaricus collinitus, Sowerby Fungi , 9; Persoon Syn. 281. 
Agaricus mucosus, Bull. Herb. 549. 
In woods. 
