white, fistulose, bulbous at the base ; gills attenuated behind, nearly
free, salmon colour.— Cooke Ulus. t. 691.
Amongst short grass.
Spores 15-16 X 10 m- G.M.
871. B o lb itiu s liv u lo s u s . B. 4 Br. Ann. N. BJ., No. 1773.
Rivulo'sus = full of little streams, rivu li; furrowed.
Pileus campanulate, clay-coloured, rivulose ; stem attenuated
upwards; gills narrow, cinnamon.— Cooke Illu s. t. 928 B.
On earth in an orchard house.
Pileus about I J in. across. Very different from any other known species.
Spores 10-12 x 6-7 y.
G e n . 5. CORTINARIUS. Fr. Bpicr.p.2bb.
Coriina'rius, from Low Latin cortina = a curtain (whence the
English word). From the dependent veil.
"V eil like a cobweb, distinct from the cuticle of the pileus, superficial
stem continent with the hymenophore ; gills persistent, dry,
becoming discoloured, becoming pulverulent with the slowly
seceding spores ; trama fibrillose ; spores oblong, rusty ochrc.
H ab. Woods and fields.
Tribe 1. Phlegmacium. F r. Epicr. p. 256.
Phlegma'cium, from 9Aey/ro= shiny moisture.
P a rtia l veil weblike ; pilens equally fleshy, viscid ; stem firm,
dry.
I C l i d d c h i i . Pa rtia l veil above depending in the form of a ring
from the apex of the nearly equal or clavate stem.
Clidu'chii, from KXeiSovxos = holding the keys, and so having
custody of a place. Probably from its being the typical subdivision.
(N.B. kXsls does not mean a club, but a key or bolt ;
so the name can have no reference to the often clavate stem.)
* Gills .pallid, then day-coloured.
8 7 2 . Coitinazius (P hlegma c ium) tr ium phan s. Fr.BJym.Fnr.336.
Triumphans = irmmfh a \. Prom the splendour of its appearance.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, viscid, even, yellow, a t first
spotted with evanescent darker adpressed sc a le s; stem solid,
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clavate ; girt with several tawny scaly concentric rings ; gills
emarginate, quite entire, crowded, pallid, then clay-coloured.
Cooke Ulus. t. 692. Cortinarius sublanatus.— ii. t. 22.
In woods, under birch.
Pileus yellowish. Stem 3-5 in. long, J in. and more thick. Pileus 3-5 in.
broad. Gills 3 lin. broad. Spores 9 X 5 y.
8 7 3 . C o itin a r iu s (Ph le gm a c ium ) c la r ico lo r . Fr. BJym. Fur. 336.
Clari'-color = bright-coloured.
Pileus compact, flattened, smooth, shining when dry, sometimes
broken into scales ; stem solid, attenuated, at hrst floccosely scaly,
white, as well as the veil ; gills somewhat adnexed, crowded, serrate,
greyish-white, then pallid.— Cooke Illus. t. 693.
In woods.
Pileus yellow, flesh white.
8 7 4 . C o i t in a i iu s (P h le gm a c ium ) tu im a l is . Fr. BJym. Fur. 336.
Turma'lis = of or belonging to a troop or squadron, turma ; not
solitary.
Pileus fleshy, convex then plane, even, viscid, smooth, discoid ;
stem cylindrical, white, sheathed at the first with the woolly white
Mêî'Z, then naked ; cortina superior, fibrillose, ring-like, persistent;
gills emarginate, or decurrent, crowded, somewhat serrated, wiiitish,
then clay-coloured.—Coolce Illus. t. 694.
Chiefly in beech woods.
Often densely cæspitose. Stem 3-G in. long. Pileus ochraceous, yellow,
shining. Gills never tinged with blue.
8 7 5 . C o i t in a r iu s (P h legm a c ium ) c ia s su s . Fr. BJym. Fur. 337.
Crassus — thick.
Pileus thickly fleshy, plane or depressed, of one colour ; disc
smooth, elsewhere strigose with innate fibrils ; stem stout, plump,
fibrillose, wliite, mealy at the apex ; gills rounded, crowded, quite
entire, pallid, then clay-coloured.—-Coohe Illus. t. 695.
In moist woods.
Pileus 3-5 in. broad, dirty yellow, opaque. Spores almond-shaped, rough,
15 X 7 /«■
8 7 6 . C o r tin a riu s (P h le gm a c ium ) b a lte a tu s . Fries BJym. Fur. 387.
Baltea'tus = belted, girdled.
Pileus compact, flattened, viscid, soon dry, and broken up into
innate flocci ; margin becoming somewhat bluish, silky, infiexed ;
stem plump, solid, a t first tomentose ; apex velvety and as well as