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yellowish, sometimes with a pale blue line over the T., some- 

 times vinous at base. 



Edible. Taste and odour pleasant. Woodland pastures, roadsides, field- 

 sides. June-July. 5? X 3f X 2 in. Pileus sometimes I ft. 2 in. in diam. 



/. Luridiz. 



1498. B. satanas Lenz (from its fancied bad qualities) a b c. 



P. subviscid, smooth, tan-white, shaded grey-white. St. carmine 

 above, dark carmine reticulate, pale yellowish, dull brownish 

 or crimson below. T. sulphur-ochre. Po. minute, carmine. 

 Flesh whitish, clouded rose and bright blue. 



Said to be poisonous, probably harmless. Taste mild. Woods, mixed, oak, 

 woody and chalky places ; rare. July-Oct. 6 x 3^ X 2f in. 



1499. B. luridus Schjeff. (from the lurid colours) a b c. 



P. subviscid, tomentose, dark umber or dark olive-brown. St. 

 scabrous, dull ochreous-orange, speckled crimson. T. pale 

 yellow. Po. round, dark dull crimson or dull dark red. Flesh 

 pale ochre, changing to dark dull blue, stem streaked blue and 

 red, crimson-streaked at base. 



Said to be poisonous. Taste pleasant, sweetish ; odour not unpleasant. 

 Woods, mixed, woody places; common. June-Nov. 4^ x 4 X i| in. 

 Var. erythropus Fr., smaller than type, stem within and without 

 blood-red. 



1500. B. purpureus Fr. (from the sometimes purple pileus, stem 



and flesh) a b. 



P. pulvinate, subvelvety, dry, clouded dull claret-purple, and red 

 or brown. St. stout, yellow, base deep claret-purple, sometimes 

 wholly ochre, variegated with purple veins and dots, or red- 

 reticulate above. T. adnato-rounded, yellow. Po. crimson. 

 Flesh yellow changing to blue, deep claret-purple, or wholly 

 crimson in St. 



Taste mild. Woods, oak. June-Oct. 4! x 3f X i in. 



TEPHROLEUC^E. 

 g. Favosa. 



1501. B. larieinus Berk, (from the habitat, larch plantations ; tarix, 



larch) a b c. 



P. convex, rarely umbonate, somewhat squamulose with V., 

 viscid, olive-white, shaded pale olive, pale ochre, or pale slate- 

 purple ; marg. white at first, appendiculate with V. St. equal, 

 annulate, cribrose above A., pitted below, whitish, pale slate- 

 purple above, pale sepia-streaky below, or pale claret-brown 

 above and pale buff below, or pale claret-crimson-patchy. 

 T. adnato-decurrent, nearly white, pale whitish-purple. Po. 

 compound. Flesh white, unchangeable. 

 Frequent. July-Sept. 3^ x 2j X jj} in. 



