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PLATE 22.
CoKTIXARIUS (PhlEGMACIUJi) CíEEULESOENS, F r.
Frie s, Hym. Mon. ii. p. 19 ; E pic r. p. 365. Berk. B rit. Fung. p. 185. lo.
Sclneff. t. 81. Cooke, Handbook, p. 175. Letell, t. 651 B & B r
Ann. N. H . n. 68. Vent. t. 33, f. 1—8.
P hlegmaciom stiqiite solido, nudo, amiene violaceo ; pileo equalitei' carnoso,
viscido ; cortina fibrinosa, fugace ; ca rne violaceo, e.valbicante ; lamellis sub-
ad n a tis, primo pulchre Cffiruleis.
Pileus fleshy, convex th en plane, obtuse, regular, two inches or more
broad, smooth, often fibrillose, viscid, shining or opaque when dry, dirty
yellow; stem solid, equally attenuated, two inches long, h a lf an inch
thick, bulbous {hulb more th a n an inch thick), firm, a t first fibrillose th en
naked, w h ite ; cortina fibrillose, fugacious; Jlesh v io le t; gills subadnate,
slightly rounded, thin, very crowded, two lines wide, a t first beautifully an d
intense ly blue, th en purple, and finally d irty cinnamon. N e ith e r flesh nor
lamellie ever tu rn purple when broken. Among moss.—Frie s.
Pileus smooth, somew-hat shining, pale dull bluish purple, with th e rim
even, in large and advanced specimens the rim somewhat wavy; veil arachnoid
; stem creamy white with bluish tin ts, smooth, stuffed and slightly
bulbous ; gills brownish p u rp le ; spores red-brown. Large specimens with
the pileus five to six inches diameter, growing singly or a few together.
On th e ground un d e r trees in Long Wood, Shubden, 16th Oct. 1858.
32. — Fig. ], Agaricus (Phlegmacium) cterulescens, Fr. Fig. 3, section of
ciitto.— fy. fV. o.
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C o rtin a rms (Ph le gm a c ium ) ccBrulescens. Fr.‘