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tant; dark violet at first, cinnamon when the spores are 
formed, again violet when they have fallen. S. 3-4 in., 
stout, very bulbous, soft, dark violet (greyish-violet within). 
Veil woolly, blue, becoming rusty from the falling spores. 
Frequent in open places in woods and on their borders. A 
very handsome agaric, abundantly distinct from other violet 
species ( Tricholoma nudum , etc.) in the white cobwebby veil 
and rusty spores. A good esculent, resembling Agaricus 
campestris in flavour. Inoloma Bulliavdi has a vermillion 
bulb. I. bolavis (bolave , to mark) has the light yellowish-red 
pileus marked with sienna-red scales. Both occur in beech 
woods. I. pholideus (Gr. pholis , a scale), an inhabitant of 
mixed woods, may be recognised by the fawn-coloured 
pileus and stem, clad with erect, dark, umber scales. 
Sub-genus 4.— DERMOCYBE 
(Gr. derma , skin ; kube, a head — from the thinly, fleshy 
pileus) 
Cortinarius (Dermocybe) caninus {cams, a dog—from its 
frequency), “ Brown Dog.” Plate XXXIX. 5. 
P. 3-4 in., convex, thin, flattened, brick-red or brown. 
G. emarginate, grey or purplish, cinnamon at maturity. 
5 . 3-4 in., somewhat bulbous, whitish, apex violet, stuffed, 
then hollow. Allied to C. tabulavis , which differs in size; 
also to C. anomalus, the latter, however, differs in the 
peronate and somewhat ringed stem, and the fuscous or 
rufescent pileus. Very common in mixed woods. 
Cortinarius (Dermocybe) tabularis ( tabula , a flat board— 
from the flat pileus). 
P. 3-4 in., convexo-plane, remarkably flattened at maturity, 
tan colour, becoming paler. G. slightly emarginate, crowded, 
thin, white, then tan colour. S. 2-3 in., slender, tough, 
pallid, becoming hollow. Veil white, fugacious. Common 
in woods. Larger, paler, and more glabrous than C. ano- 
