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6 3 7 . Cortinazius (H y g zo cybe ) c a s ta n e u s .
Cortinarius.”
Dr. “ Chestnut
Pileus somewhat fleshy, firm, campanulate or convex, then
expanded or gibbous, even, chestnut (shining) ; stem cartilaginous,
stuffed, then hollow, even, violaceous, or pallid-rufescent;
veil white, fibrillose; gills fixed, ventricose, rather crowded,
violet, then ferruginous.—F r.E p ic r.p . 301. B u ll.t. 268. Eng.
F I.y .p. 89.
Li woods and gardens. Common. Esculent.
[United States.]
Gregarious.^ Pileus I in. or more broad, snb-carnose, at first obtuse, with
a delicate fibrillose veil, which makes the margin appear silvery, dark bay
or dirty violet, sometimes with a tawny tint, soon expanded, broadly umbonate
; umbo more or less obtuse; gills of the colour of the pileus, or
purplish nmber, at length sub-ferruginous, ventricose, adnate. Stem l( in.
high, 2 lines thick, beautifully fibrillose, and white from the veil beneath,
much paler than the pilens, but with more or less of the same tin t, sometimes
tinged with violet. Odour none; taste like Alarasmius oreades.—M. J. B.
S 3 8 . Coztinazius (Hygzocybe) R e e d ii.
Cortinarius.”
Berli. “ Eeed’s
Pileus conical, tben expanded and strongly umbonate, smooth,
shining, persistently brown, disc areolate, margin splitting ; stem
white, solid, fibrilloso-striate, slightly bulbous; veil fibrillose,
evanescent; gills broad, ventricose, ascending, attenuated behind,
free, white or pallid, tben cinnamon.—Berk. Outl.p. 194.
Huss. ii. t. 45.
Amongst moss and beech mast. May. Hayes. Surrey.
Stem 14-2 in. high. Flesh pallid. Tasteless and scentless.
S 3 9 . Coztinazius (Hygzocybe) z ig e n s . Fr. “ Eigid
Cortinarius.”
Pileus somewhat fleshy, conical, soon convex, obtuse, even,
smooth, opaque, clay-coloured; stem cartilaginous, rigid, rooting,
smooth, naked, white, somewhat attenuated upwards ; gills
adnate, sub-decurrent, broad, distant, clay-coloured, then dark
cinnamon.—Fr. Epicr.p. 311. Ann. N .H . no. 931.
In woods. Mossburnford.
Stem plastic, riuid, and tough, pallid when moist, white when dry, 2-4 in.
long, 2-5 lin. thick. Veil scarcely manifest. Pileus 1-2 iu. or more broad.
Flesh rather firm, white.
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6 4 0 . Co z tina z iu s (H ygzocybe) leu c o p u s . Fr. “ Whitestemmed
Cortinarius.”
Pileus rather fleshy, conical, tben expanded, at length umbonate,
even, smooth, light red, shining; stem stuffed, then
hollow, equal, wbite ; gills sub-adnexed, ventricose, crowded,
pallid, then cinnamon.—Dr. Epicr.p. 311. Bull. t. 533, f . 2.
In woods.
Stem E2 in. long, 2-4 lin. thick, soft, white. Pileus scarcely an inch broad,
moist, but not viscid, light red, tan-coloured when dry. Gills adnexed,
gec/ing, crowded, ventricose, pallid, then cinnamon, edge quite entire and
of the same colour. (pig, 46, reduced.)
641. Co z tina z iu s (Hygzocybe) d e c ip ie n s . Fr. “ Deceptive
Cortinarius.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conical, smooth, shining, bay-
brown (brick-red), at length depressed around tbe somewhat
fleshy,prominent,darker umbo ; stemsub-fistulose,equal, slender,
covered with a pallid, separable cuticle, internally rather bright
brown ; gills adnate, thin, somewhat crowded, ferruginous brown.
Fr. E p .p . 312. Pers. S yn .p . 289. B. 4 Br. Ann. N .H . (1866),
no. 1129. ^ ’
In woods. Sept. King’s Cliffe. [United States.]
Stem 2-4 in. long 1-2 lines thick, straight or flexuose, pale rufous, or
spotted with briok-red. Pileus about an inch broad, smooth, sh.ning, bay
umbo darker, margin when mature finely striate. ’
542. C o z tina z iu s (H y g zo cybe ) a c u tu s . Fr.
Cortinarius.”
“ Acute
Pileus membranaceous, conical, acutely umbonate, striate,
bght reddisb-brown (at length tan-colouied and even) ; stem’
fistulose, equal, slender, flexuose, growing pale, veil fugacious,
white ; gills adnate, ratber crowded, thin, narrow, quite entire,
ochraceous.—Fr. Epicr.p. 314. Ann. N .H . no. 797.
On moist spots in fir woods. [United States.]
Cæspitose, with the habit of a Galera. Stem slender, 3 in or more long,
l‘21ines thick. Veil adhering to the margin, fibrillose, white.
643. Co ztinazius (H y g zo cybe ) J u n g h u h n ii. Fr. “ Jung-
huhn’s Cortinarius.”
Pileus ratber fleshy, tbin, conical, tben expanded, papillate,
clothed witb innate, white, thin fibrils, persistently rather velvety,
sbining cinnamon ; stem stuffed, equal, sub-flexuous, pale