somewliat adnate, crowded, tliin, clay-coloured, grey then brownish.
— Coolce Hlus. t. 784.
In woods.
Stem 3-4 in. x 3-4 lines; pileus 2-3 in. broad, smooth, not bygropbanous,
yellowish, diso darker, flesh white; gills 2-3 lines broad. Spores 8-9 x 6-7 y.
9 5 4 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) d iab o licu s. Fr. Bym, Fur. 367.
Z>iaJoZVc!/s=fiendish; because of its dubious claim to its position
here.
Pileus fleshy, thin, hemispherioal, obtuse, then gibbous, becoming
dushj, clothed with grey threads, at length smooth, yellowish tawny ;
stem stuffed, rather thin, smooth, growing pale, bluish-grey above;
gills sub-emarginate, adnexed, crowded, pallid (whitish or fugacious
blue-grey), then clay-coloured.— Coohe Illu s. t. 816 B.
In woods.
Spores 10-12 x 7.
** Gills at first violet, becoming purple.
9 5 5 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) c a n in u s. F r.Bym . Fur. 388.
Cani'nus, from canis = a dog. Canine here seems to mean common
; cf. dog Latin.
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, becoming smooth, bright-
rufous, changing colour; stem clavato-bulbose, elastic, closely
fibrillose, pallid, violaceous above; gills emarginate, broad, rather
distant, purplish, then cinnamon.—Saund. and Sm. t. 15. Coolce
Illu s. t. 765.
In woods.
Pileus 3-4 in. broad. Spores 8x6.
9 5 6 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) m y r tillin u s . Fr. Bym. Fur. 388.
Myrtilli'nus, adj. from mz/i-/«s=myrtle. From its myrtle-brown
colour.
Pileus fleshy, gibbous, then flattened, fuliginous, becoming hoary
with white silky fibrils ; stem stuffed, bulbous, silky, without zone,
whitish ; gills adnate, somewhat distant, amethystine blue, then
bluish and clay-colonred.—Bolt. t. 147 (see Fries). Cooke Illus.
t. 817.
In woods.
Colonr and babit of Ag. nudus. Spores 10 x 5 /x.
9 5 7 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) azur eu s. Fr. Bym. Fur. 388.
Azu r 'eus = sky-blue.
Pileus fleshy, obtuse, silky shining and atomate, lilac, becoming
h o a ry ; stem stuffed, smooth, finely striate, thickened a t the base,
villous, becoming w h itish ; gills rather crowded, bright blue, then
violet.— Cooke Illu s. t. 766.
In beech woods.
Solitary; Pilens li-2 in. broad. Stem 3 in. long, 4 lines tbick. Gills 2
lines broad. Spores 9 x 6 m-
9 5 8 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) a lb o -cy a n eu s. Fr. Bym. Fur. 368.
Albo-cyan'eus, from white, and c y a nm = sky-blue.
Pilens fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, with an evanescent
silky pellicle, then smooth, from white becoming yellowish; stem
stuffed, rather clavate, naked ,■ gills emarginate, broad, crowded,
from bluish purple becoming rather ochraoeous.— Cooke Illus. t.
748.
In beech woods.
9 5 9 . C o r tin a riu s (Dermocybe) an oma lu s . Fr. Bym. Fur. 389.
Anom'alus = uneven, irregular, abnormal.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, obtuse, then gibbous, dingy-rufons
hoary and discoloured with evanescent fibrils ; stem somewhat
stuffed, thin, attenuated, r a t h e r sea/?/, pallid-violaceous ;
gills crowded, with a decurrent tooth, bhiish-purple, then cinnamon.
— Berk. Outl. t. 12, f . 4. Cooke Illu s. t. 776.
In woods.
Gregarions, small. Spores 8-9 x 7 m.
9 6 0 . Cortinarius (Dermocybe) sp ilom eu s. Fr. Bym. Fur.
Spilom'eus, from o-w/Xos = a speck or sta in ; from the variegated
stem.
Pilens slightly fleshy, gibbons, dry, becoming smooth, brownish,
changing colour ; stem nearly hollow, thin, white or lilac, variegated
with rufous or tawny scales; gills emarginate,
hluish-lilao, pallid, a t length cinnamon.—Now. t. 3 8 4 ,/. 1 ! Tr.
Icon. t.
In woods.
Spores 6 X 4 /X in Herb. Berk.
961. Cortinarius (Dermocybe) lep id op u s. Cooke Grevillea xvi., 43.
Lepid'opus, from Xims = a scale, and ttou's = a fo o t; from the
fibrillose stem.
Pileus fleshy, smooth, even, rather thin, convex, then expanded,
gibbous ( 1 -2 in.), umber, with a tinge of violet near the margin,
becoming rufescent a t the diso, flesh whitish with a darker line
near the gills. Stem (3 in. long) attenuated upwards, becoming