t t t E l a s t ic i . Cortina simple, thin, fugacious, medial o r inferior.
Stem from the first exserted, rather thin, never marginately
bulbous or peronate, but rigid, elastic, externally rather
cartilaginmis, polished, shining, naked a t the apex, often becoming
hollow. Pilens thin, sometimes hygrophanous.
* Gills whitish, then clay-coloured or dingy cinnamon.
9 0 8 . Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) cumatilis. Fr. Bym. Fur. 349.
Cuma 'tilis = of the waves, sea-coloured, blue.
Pileus convex, obtuse, even, tinged violet with the blue gluten,
stem solid, firm, somewhat bulbous, apex a little cortinate, flesh
compact, white, universal veil abruptly volvaceous at the base, gilLs
adnexed, crowded, serrate, white, ' then clay-coloured.— Coo/e
Illu s. t. 726.
In copses, &c.
9 0 9 . Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) serarius. Fr. Bym. Fur. 350.
Nera'nws == living on serum.
Pileus fleshy, convex then plane, gibbous, unpolished, viscid,
opaque; stem solid, equal, fibrillose, shining, white, flesh white,
gills arcuately affixed (with a decurrent tooth), crowded, whitish,’
then clay-coloured. ’
In woods.
Pileus 3-4 in. broad. Having seen copy of Fries’s drawings of this species,
we are of opinion that the evidence of its being British is very slender and
doubtful. The Scotch specimens, if true, were by no means typical.
9 1 0 . Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) em o llitu s. Fr. Bym. Fur. 350.
E-molli'ius ~ softened, soft.
R leu s flesby, lax, sub-repand, delicately fibrillose-virgate, viscid,
shining when dry, margin thin, broken, stem stuffed, short, unequal,’
fibrillose, soft, white; flesh white; gills emarginate, broad, rather
distant, white, then ochraceous.— Goohe Illus. t. 727.
In grassy places, in beech woods.
Stem 2 in. long, J in. thick. Pileus 3-4 in. Ochraoeous yellow.
9 1 1 . Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) c ry s ta llin u s . Fr. Bym. Fur
350.
CrystalVinus, KpvuTaXXivog, crystalline.
Pileus fleshy, flattened, even, smooth, viscid, shining, hygrophanous;
stem, hollow, nearly equal, fragile, fibrillose, whitish;
gills emarginate, crowded, clay-coloured.— Gooke Hlus. t. 728.
In beech woods. Taste acrid.
Stem 3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick. Pilens 3 in. broad, wbite when drv
Spores 8 X 4 M-
912 . Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) decoloratus. Fr. Bym. Fur. 351.
De-colora'tus = deprived of its colour.
Pilens fleshy, thin, expanded, obtuse, viscid, even, soon dry,
floccose, and discoloured ; stem attenuated from the thickened base
fibrillose-striate, stZwrz/, naked above; gills emarginate, somewhat
crowded, whitish or bluish-grey, then clay-coloured cinnamon.—
Cooke Illus. t. 729.
In woods.
Stem 3 in. long, J in. thick. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, clay-colonred. Gills
3-4 lines broad. Spores 7 X 3-4 y.
** Gills violet, purplish, or flesh-coloured.
9 1 3 . C o r tin a r iu s (P h le gm a c ium ) decolorans. Fr. Bym. Fur. 351.
De-color'ans = becoming deprived of its colour. Prom the gills
soon losing their purple.
Pileus fleshy, equal, flattened, even, smooth, viscid of one colour ;
stem stuffed, elongated, attenuated, smooth, naked above the
median somewhat persistent ring ; gills affixed,
thin, without juice, purplish, soon cinnamon.— Coo/« Illus. t. 7dU.
In pine woods.
Spores 8 X 5 /X, pip-shaped; 10 X 8 P- Cl.M.
9 1 4 . Cor tina r ius (Ph legm a c ium ) porphyropus
351.
Fr. S ym. Fur.
From Porphyr'o-pus = N ii\ a purple foot, the pale stem becoming
lilac when touched (Fries, I.e.).
Pileus fleshy, thin, even, virgate, viscid ; stem stuffed, then
hollow, thin, somewhat attenuated, flesh pu rp lish when h o k e n ,
emarginate, crowded, thin, violaceous-purple, at length cinnamon.
Cooke Illus. t. 731.
In woods.
coloured. Spores 10-12 X 7
9 1 5 . C o n tin a r iu s (P h le gm a c ium ) c roceo-cm ru leu s. Fr. Bym.
Fur. 352. Fers. Ic. Fesc. t. 1 ,/. 2.
Groc'eo-cmrul'eus = saffron-yellow and azure. From the change
in colonr which the gills undergo.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex then plane, even, viscid, lilaceous ;
s t e m hollow fragile, equal, smooth, whitish ; gills emarginate,
S a decurlent tootii, ra th e r distant, lilac, then clay-coloured, or
saffron-yellow.— Cooke Illus. t. 732.
In beech wood.
Small, flesh watery, unchangeable. Spores 8 X o 0-
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