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341. M. tenella Quel. (tencr, tender) a. White or livid flesh-colour. 

 P. campanulato-convex, pellucid. G. adnato-decurrent. 

 Csespitose. Decayed trees. Autumn. J X J X % in. 



342. M. aeieula Que'l. (from its resemblance to a small pin, aricula} 



a b c. 



P. conico-campanulate, papillate, orange-vermilion. Sf. attenuate 

 and fibrilloso-rooting, deep yellow. G. adnate or adnexo- 

 rounded, yellow with a whitish edge or wholly white. 



Wood, leaves, twigs, etc. ; frequent. July-Oct. X if X ^ in. 



f. Lactipedes. 



343. M. haematopus Quel. (from the blood-red juice of the stem ; 



Gr. haiuia, blood, pous, a foot) a b c. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, whitish flesh-colour. St. 

 pulverulent, colour as P. G. adnate, whitish. Milk deep 

 brown-crimson. 



Csespitose. Taste slightly disagreeable. Stumps, old timber, alder, birch ; 

 frequent. Aug.-Nov. if x 3 X in. 



344. M. cruenta Quel. (from the blood-like juice ; cruor, gore) a b. 

 P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, brown. St. tense, villous- 



rooting, paler than P. G. adnate, whitish. Milk deep 

 brownish-crimson. 



Solitary or subcsespitose. Woods, pine-cones, etc. ; rare. Sept. 

 1 X 3j X Jj in. 



345. M. sanguinolenta Que'l. (from the blood-red juice; sanguino- 



Icntns, bloody) a b c. 



P. hemispherical, brown or purplish-brown. St. flaccid, fibrillose 

 at base, colour as P. G. pale purplish-brown ; edge some- 

 times dark purple. Milk brownish-crimson. 



Gregarious. Woods, chips, twigs, fir-leaves, moss, etc., tree-fern stems in 

 greenhouses. May-Nov. ^ X 3f X g 1 ^ in. Sometimes wholly pale brown 

 and varying J to J in. high. 



346. M. eroeata Gill, (from the saffron-coloured juice ; crociis, saffron) 



a b. 



P. convex, olivaceous, ashy, yellowish or white ; mid. reddish. 

 St. tense, deep yellow, orange-crimson at fibrillose base. G. 

 adnato-ascending or adnexed, white. 



Scattered. Woods, beech, amongst leaves ; uncommon. Autumn. 

 X 4! X j^ s in. A small var. appears on beech-trunks. 



.347. M. chelidonia Que'l. (from the yellow juice, like that of 



Chelidonium niaj-us) a b c. 



P. hemispherical, yellowish flesh-colour ; mid. ochreous. St. firm, 

 yellow at the villous-rooting base. G. adnate, white or yellow- 

 white. Milk, saffron to vinous-red. 



Subccespitose. Odour somewhat alkaline. Stumps, beech, alder; rare. 

 Oct. x a x 1 in. 



