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226 AGARICACEÆ Cortinarkis
1038. C. turgidus Fr. (from the stem, frequently swollen or bulbous;
turgidus, swollen) a.
P. convexo-obtuse, flat, clay-white ; marg. white-silky. St. solid,
bulbous,^ rimoso-striate, surface often undulate, colour as P.,
with an imperfect Z. G. emarginate, narrow, crowded, whitish
to tan.
Odour strong. Woods, beech. Autumn. 3 X 2j x | in.
1039. C. violaeeus Fr. (from the violet colour) a b c.
P. convex, obtuse, flat, villous-scaly, dark purple, smeared
copper-brown. St. solid, bulbous, zoned. G. adnate, distant,
dark violaceous, clouded cinnamon. Flesh dark blue or dark
purple.
Edible. Taste like that of 792. Woods and open ground. Aug.—Nov.
4 X 4 X 5 in. Often confounded with 138 and 139.
1040. C. eyanites Fr. (from the dark blue colour; Gr. kitanites, dark
blue) a b.
P. convex, flat, not villous-scaly, at first dark blue, then pale
turquoise; marg. fringed with Co. St. solid, bulbous, colour
as P., zoned. G. rounded, crowded, turquoise to grey-bluish.
Flesh colour as P., becoming reddish, with a red juice.
Woods, roixed. p e t. 5 X 6 X f in. Var. majorRx. P. andAA com p a c t;
G. subdistant, cinereous, dark blue ; fiesh turning red more slowly than type
When bruised the blue colour changes to salmon.
1041. C. murieinus Fr. (from the purple colour, as of the mollusc
Murex) a.
P. convex, obtuse, becoming smooth, violaceous to reddish-liver;
marg. whitish, fibrillose. St. bulbous, villous, zoned, not juicy.
G. emarginate, subcrowded, colour as St.
Odour strong. Woods, larch, fir. Oct. 3 | X 2j x J in.
1042. C. alboviolaeeus Fr. (from the violaceous-white pileus; albus
white, violaceiis, violet) a b. ’
p . convexo-expanded, broadly umbonate or gibbous, dry. St.
solid, clavato-bulbous, white villous, zoned. G. adnate, sub!
distant, cinereous-violaceous to cinereous-cinnamon, 'plesh
palest azure-blue.
Taste insipid; odour none. Woods, beech, shady places. Sept.-Oct.
X 4 X J in.
1043. C. malaehius Fr. (from the pale purple colour, as of the
mallow) a.
p . convex, obtuse, white fibrillose becoming smooth lilac
brownish or reddish when dry. 57 bulbous, bluish-lilac, then
whitish, zoned. G. emarginate, crowded, purple to watery
ferruginous. Flesh whitish.
°w iih T t e 3 2i X 2j x f i n . Must not be confounded
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1044. C. eamphoratus Fr. (from its powerful odour; camphoratus,
strong scented) a c.
P. convex, obtuse then flat, lilac, whitish, yellowish or tan-livid ;
marg. fringed with Co. 57 clavato-bulbous, pale violet or lilac,
zoned. G. emarginate or adnato-decurrent, grey-blue to
purplish. Flesh pale bluish.
Odour strong, fetid, penetrating, like fenugreek or curry-powder. Woods,
fir. Autumn. 4 X 4J X ® in.
1045. C. hireinus Fr. (from its strong odour ; hircus, a he-goat) a.
P. convex, obtuse, violet ; mid. becoming ferruginous ; marg.
fringed with Co. 57 bulbous, becoming pallid, yellowish at
base, zoned. G. emarginate, subdistant, azure blue or violet
to cinnamon. Flesh dingy, becoming yellowish.
Fetid. Woods, fir. Autumn. 2^ X 2 | X | in.
1046. C. traganus Fr. (from its strong odour; tragus, a he-goat)
abc.
P. convex, obtuse, flat, lilac-purplish, becoming yellowish. St.
bulbous, spongy-solid, violaceous to whitish, zoned, subannulate.
G. emarginate, broad, distant, thick, saffron-
ochreous to cinnamon. Flesh yellowish.
Woods, pine, amongst ling. Taste strong, pleasant to unpleasant ; odour
fetid. Aug.-Sept. 4J X 3J X J in. Var. finitimus Fr., odour pleasant,
peculiar, like fermenting gum.
1047. C. suillus Fr. (from its odour of the pig ; suillus, relating to
swine) a.
P. convex, obtuse, pallid brick-red or ochreous-cinnamon ;
marg. silky or floccoso-squamulose. St. clavate or equal,
spongy, pallid, apex shaded light violet, darker when bruised,
zoned. G. adnate, subdistant, fragile, connected by veins,
cinnamon.
Woods, fir. Autumn. 2j X 2f X f in.
1048. C. tophaeeus Fr. (from the colour ; tophus, tufa) a b.
P. hemispherico-convex, very obtuse, glittering golden-
tawny, with small sienna sq. St. solid, subbulbous, villoso-
squamulose, tawny, zoned. G. emarginate, distant, tawny,
cinnamon.
Subcæspitose or solitary. Odour sometimes strong. Woods, beech. Aug.
2g X 4 X à ia- Yar. redimitus Fr. St. not bulbous or villoso-scaly.
1049. C. eallisteus Fr. (Gr. kallistos, most beautiful) abc .
P. convexo expanded, obtuse, yellow-tawny to yellow-ferruginous.
57 clavato-bulbous, solid, fibrillose, yellow, rhubarb-
colour at base, imperfectly zoned. G. adnate, subdistant,
yellow-tawny.
Odour pungent or none. Woods, oak, pine ; rare. July-Oct. 2jX 4j x i i n .
Resembles 580 in appearance.
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