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Name — Aev<c<fc, white ; novs, a foot. White-stemmed. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. Hygrocybe. 

 108. Hym. Eur. p. 395. Berk. Out. p. 194. C. Hbk. n. 540. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 501. Ag. Bull. t. 533. f. 2. 



121. C. scandens Fr. — Pileus whe?i moist at first tawny-ferru- 

 ginous, then honey-colour, tan when dry, umbo becoming tawny, 

 somewhat membranaceous, slightly fleshy at the umbo, which is 

 sometimes acute sometimes obtuse, conical when young, 12 mm. 

 {}4. in.) broad, broader (2.5 cent., 1 in. and more) when flattened, 

 smooth, slightly striate at the margins flesh yellowish. Stem 

 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in:) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, fstulose, thickened 

 at the a^ex, always attenuated at the base, very thin, somewhat 

 awl-shaped, jiexuous, soft, even, yellowish, but at first sight, from 

 the adpressed fibrils, and when dry shining whitish. Cortina 

 thin, fibrillose, white. Gills adnate, thin, somewhat distant, 

 narrow, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) broad, attenuated in front, tawny- 

 cinnamon, the edge which is quite entire of the same colour. 



The colour varies in intensity with the age of the plant. The umbo is some- 

 times obsolete. The base of the stem is always white. Like C. obtusus. 



In pine wood. Forres. Oct. 



Name — scando, to climb. From the long-drawn wavy stem. Fr. Monogr. 

 ii. p. 108. Hym. Eur. p. 396. Icon. t. 163. f. 1. S. Mycol. Scot. Supp. Scot. 

 Nat. 1883, p. 31. 



*** Stem inclining to violet or reddish. 



122. C. erythrinus Fr.— Pileus 2.5-4 cent. (1-1X in.) broad, 

 bay-brown-rufous when moist, becoming tawny when dry, slightly 

 fleshy, conical then convex, regular, umbonate, the obtuse or obso- 

 lete umbo darker, even, smooth ; flesh when moist somewhat of 

 the same colour. Stem 4-7.5 cent. (1^-3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 

 lin.) thick, stuffed then hollow, equal, rarely thickened at the 

 base, straight or ascending, smooth, but striate with the adpressed 

 fibrils, shining, silvery-white, violaceous and often pruinate up- 

 wards. Cortina superior, fibrillose, white. Gills slightly adjiexed, 

 thin, somewhat distant, ventricose, at first pallid, then pale cin- 

 namon. 



In woods. Coed Coch. Oct. 



Name — epvfyos, red. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 109. Hym. Eur. p. 396. B. & 

 Br. n. 1665. 



123. C. decipiens Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent. (1 in.) or a little more 

 broad, shining, not very hygrophanous, bay-brown, shining and 

 brick-colour when dry, umbo always darker, fleshy-membrana- 

 ceous, campanulato-expanded, acutely umbonate, at length de- 

 pressed round the umbo, smooth, margin when full grown slightly 



