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1126. C. paleaeeus Fr. (from the chaffy white scales of the pileus ;
palea, chaff) abc.
P. convex, expanded, acutely umbonate, fuscous to greyish ; mid.
umber; marg. paler or whitish. St. fistulose, floccoso-scaly,
fuscous within and without. A. and 1 -7 zones whitish. G.
adnate, crowded, grey pallid to cinnamon.
Odour weak. Woods, beech, moist places. Sept.-Nov. x 2§ X 4 in.
1127. C. iris Mass. (from the rainbow-like colours ; iris, the rainbow) a.
P. conical, expanded, umbonate, pale ochreous-brown, densely
white-fibrillose; marg. silky, splitting. St. stuffed to solid,
clavate, densely fibrillose, violet, then pale above the fibrillose,
bright-brown A., orange-browm at base within and without.
G. sinuato-adnexed, subcrowded, dull ochreous to orange-
brown.
Solitary, or in clusters of two to four. Woods. Oct. iJ X 3 X 4 in.
1128. C. Cookei Quél, (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) a b.
P. conical, hemispherical, umbonate, tawny-yellow ; marg. woolly,
white. St. stuffed, pale yellowish with 4-5 floccose yellow
zones. G. adnate, violet to reddish and rust-colour.
Woods, fir. J X i f X A in-
S u b g en u s 6. H y d r o c y b e .
(From the moist or hygrophanous pileus ; Gr. hudor, water,
kube, a head.)
Veil thin, fibrillose, rarely collapsing and forming an irregular
zone on the stem. Pileus smooth or only covered with white
Fig. 58.— Cortinarius {Hydrocybe) s a tn rn in u s F r ., and section.
One-haif natural size.
superficial fibrils, not viscid, but moist when fresh, changing colour
when dry; flesh very thin, scissile, rarely more compact in the middle.
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Stem slightly rigid, subcartilaginous externally, not sheathed, annulate
or scaly. (Fig. 58.) Species 1129—1167
a. Firmiores. Pileus subfleshy, convex, or campanulato-convex,
then expanded, obtuse or at length gibbous, margin at
first incurved. Stem for the most part attenuate upwards.
Stem and cortina white. 1129—^1137
Stem and gills inclining to violet. 1138—1141
Stem and somewhat obsolete veil yellow or rufous. 1142—1146
Stem inclining to fuscous. Cortina pallid, dull or white.
Gills dark. 1147—1150
b. Temiiores. Pileus somewhat membranous, conical, then
expanded, umbonate ; umbo acute or rarely obtuse and
vanishing ; margin at first straight. Stem usually almost
equal, or attenuate downwards.
Stem white. H51—1156
Stem inclining to violet or reddish. 1157—1160
Stem yellowish, commonly becoming pale. 1161—1163
Stem inclining to fuscous. 1164—1167
a. Firmiores.
1129. C. flrmus Fr. (from the compact substance ; firmus, firm) a.
P.' ferruginous to ochreous; marg. tan. St. solid, clavate,
fibrilloso-striate. Z. ferruginous. G. adfixed or emarginate,
pale umber to cinnamon.
Woods, mixed, grassy places. Autumn. 5 X 3 | X iJ in.
1130. C. suhferrugineus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, somewhat
r u s t - c o l o u r , a c.
P. umbonate, hygrophanous, dry, ferruginous to watery-cinnamon
tawny or tan ; V. at marg. only. St. solid, attenuate upwards,
adpressedly fibrillose, pallid, saffron-yellow at base. G.
emarginate or adnate, subcrowded, pallid to dark ferruginous.
Taste and odour unpleasant. Woods, oak, amongst rotting pine-leaves.
Sept.-Oct. 24 X 4Î X I in.
1131. C. armeniaeus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, like the
apricot, Pyrtis armeniaca) abc .
P. obtuse or subumbonate, tawny-cinnamon to ochreous ; marg.
substriate. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards. Z. white. G.
adnate, pallid to clay-cinnamon.
W o o d s , pine ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 2jX 2} x f i n . Nz.x. fulsarius Rx.
P. yellow, white when dry.
1132. C. damaseenus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, like the
damson) a.
P. rivulose when dry, bay-cinnamon or deep umber with a
crimson shade to brick-red. St. solid, equal. Z. whitish. G.
rounded-adnate, cinnamon or paler than P.
Subcæspitose. Taste acrid. Under trees, grassy places, pastures. Sept.
34 X 34 X i in.