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628 257.Cortinar. ll.HYMENOTHECE^. Pl.cell.aph.
2. Cortinaria violacea. Violet curtain'Stool.
Stem bluish ; collar rust-colour ; cap split, edge violet,
woolly.
Agaricus violaceus, Bolton Fung, 52 ; Persoon Syn. 277.
On the borders of woods.
3. Cortinaria nuda. Naked curtain-stool.
Thalli gregarious; stem rather long, slenderish, cylin-
drical, naked, pale violet ; collar mostly ; cap fleshy,
plano-convex, edge expanded, changing from violet to
reddish ; gills crowded, pale violet.
Agaricus Dtidus, Bull. Herb. 439 ; Persoon Sjjn. 277.
Agaricus violaceus, var. 2, Withering Arr. 4, 24^.
In fir plantations.
4. Cortinaria cinerea. Grey curtain-stool.
Stem bulbous ; cap fleshy, hemispherical, dotted or scaly,
wrinkled, violet-grey ; gills distinct, purplish-brown.
Agaricus violaceus, Schmff. Fung. 3 ; Withering Arr. 4,242.
Agaricus violaceo-cinereus, Persoon Syn. 279.
In oak woods.
b. Cap Iroum'bay.
5. Cortinaria hicolor. Two-coloured curtain-stool.
Stem thick, rather tuberous, woolly, pale violet; cap
fleshy, convex, reddish-brown ; edge turned in, rather
woolly ; gills pale violet.
Agaricus violaceus, Sowerby Fungi, 209, not of Persoon.
Agaricus bicolor, Persoon Syn. 281.
Blewits.
In woods.
Taste inferior to that of the common mushroom; but
sold for making katsup.
C. Cap yellowish, or cinnamon-colour.
6. Cortinaria collinita. Glued curtain-stool.
Stem split transversely into cartilaginous, gelatinous
scales ; collar nearly vanishing ; cap fleshy, bossed, covered
with a viscous slime, drying on it.
Agaricus coUinitHs, Sowerby Fungi, 9 ;
Agaricus mucosus, Bull. Herb. 549.
In woods.
Persoon Syn. 2S1.