flesh very thin or scissile, rarely with a conipacter disc. Stem
ra th e r rigid, not peronate ; cortina thin, fibrillose, rarely collapsed
in an irregular ring.
I. F i r m i o r e s . Pilens rather fleshy, convex or campanulate-convex,
then expanded, obtuse or a t length gibbous, margin at
fir s t incurved. Stem (in most) attenuated upwards.
* Stem white, cortina o f the same colour.
1 0 1 6 . Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) firmus. Fr. S ym . Fur. 386.
Firmus = firm, compact.
Pileus equally fleshy, hemispherical, then expanded, obtuse,
becoming smooth, ochraceous, then ferruginous when moist, fiesh
compact, ivhite; stem solid, stout, ra th e r bulbous, fibrillosely striate,
white, fibrils and cortina becoming ferruginous ; gills affixed, thin,
ferruginous, then cinnamon.— Cooke Illu s. i. 792.
In woods.
1017. Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) su b fe r iu g in eu s . Fr. S ym . Fur.
387.
Suh-ferrugia'eus = rather rust-coloured.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse or gibbous, becoming
smooth, testaceous grey, becoming ferruginous, rather hygrophanous
; margin thin, stem solid, spongy, rigid externally, stout,
somewhat bulbous, whitish, then dingy white, fibrillose veil fugacious
; gills emarginate, scarcely crowded, hroad, opaque, pallid,
then becoming ferruginous.— Cooke Illu s . t. 808.
In woods. Sept.
Odonr and taste unpleasant. Spores 8-10 x 5-6 y.
10 1 8 . Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) a rm en ia cus. Schceff. Icon. t. 81.
Armeni'acus = of the colour of an apricot, Armeniacum {Prunus
Armeniaca).
Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, gibbons, even, smooth,
tawny-cinnamon (yellowish tan coloured when A-cj), shining; stem
stuffed, conical, attenuated, rigid, soft within, as well as the sub-
peronate veil white; gills adnate, crowded, pallid, then tawny
cinnamon.—F r . Hym. Eur. 387. Cooke Illus. t. 793.
In pine woods.
Spores 8-9x.5 y.
1 0 1 9 . Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) damascenu s. Fr. S ym . Fur. 387.
Damasce'nus = of the colour of a damson, Damascene plum.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, obtuse, smooth, bay-
cinnamon (brick-red and rivulose when dry) ; stem solid, firm,
cylindrical, elastic, and, as well as the fibrillose veil, becoming
whitish ; gills adnate, thin, crowded, opaque, cinnamon.— CooAe
Illu s. t. 856.
In grassy places.
Taste acrid. Stem 3 in. long, J in . thick,
Pilens 3 in. broad, at length
broadly gibbous. Spores 12 xG y.
1 0 2 0 . Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) p r iv ig n u s . Fr. S ym . Fur. 388.
Privignus = & step-son ; perhaps because, as Pries says (I.e.),
it has the habit of C. (Inoloma) malachius, though belonging to a
difi'erent tribe.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, gibbous, even, pale tawny,
smooth, or with a fibrillose adpressed hoary silvery bloom; stem
stuffed, then hollow, rather attenuated, silvery, here and there silky
with the white veil, gills adnate, somewhat crowded, watery, then
opaque cinnamon, edge serrate, white.—Cooke Illus. t. 827.
In pine woods.
Pileus 2 in. broad. Stem 3 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal or contorted.
Spores 8x5/1.
1 0 2 1 . C o r tin a r iu s (Hydrocyb e) d u ra c in u s . Fr. S ym . Fur. 388.
Durac'inus = hard-berried, hard ; from durus -h acinus. From
its general rigidity.
Pileus fleshy, thin, rigid, convex, then plane, gibbous, smooth,
watery brick-red (tan-colour, and opaque when dry); stem stufied,
rigid, unequal, rooting, smooth, wh ite; cortina thm, adhering in
short silky broken threads a t the margin ; gills adnate, rather
crowded, thin, watery cinnamon.— Cooke Illu s. t. 809.
On the ground in woods.
Spores 5 x 3 y.
1 0 2 2 . Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) illum in u s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 388.
lllum'inus = without light, dark. In distinction from C. cande-
laris, an extra-British species.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane,_ gibbons, smooth, pale brick-
red (reddish tan-colour when dry), circumference thin ; stem somewhat
hollow, attenuated, silky-fibrillose, pallid, then becoming
ferruginous, gills adnate, little crowded, somewhat distant, pallid,
then cinnamon.— Cooke Illus. t. 841.
In pine woods.
Stem 3-4 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. Pileus innately virgate under a lens.
Spores 11-13 X 7 y.
1 0 2 3 . C o itina r iu s (Hydrocybe) to r tu o su s. Fr. Eym. Fur. 389.
Tortuo'sus = twisted.
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, somewhat gibbous, smooth, even,
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