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165. C. vernieosa Gill, (from the shining pileus ; vends, varnish) a b. 

 P. yellowish or buff. St. stuffed, yellow. G. adnato-decurrent, 



subdistant, sulphur-yellow. Flesh whitish to pale sulphur. 



Odour none. Woods, fir, larch ; rare. Autumn. 3^ X if X § in. 

 Somewhat resembles a yellow Hygrophorus. 



166. C. venustissima Karst. {yemistus, beautiful) a b. 



P. thin, subumbilicate, orange-vermilion ; marg. crenate. St, 



orange-yellow, base white. G. decurrent, subdistant, yellow. 



Odour none. Amongst larch and pine leaves. Autumn. 2 x lh X J in. 

 Resembles a yellow Hygrophorus. 



167. C. subalutaeea Gill, (from its colour ; aluta, soft leather) a c. 

 P. thick, subumbonate or depressed, pale tan. St. pale straw. 



G. adnato-decurrent, distant, pallid white. 



Odour as in 168, or weak of anise, sometimes strong and disagreeable of 

 rancid meal or none. Under trees, hollies. Nov. 2 x if X § in. 



168. C. odora Quel, (odorus, fragrant) a b c. 



P. subumbonate, dull greenish or bluish. St. greyish, whitish, 



greenish or pale brownish. G. paler than P. 



Single or subcsespitose. Odour strong and pleasant of melilot, anise, 

 almonds, meadow-sweet or new-mown hay, stronger in recently dried 

 examples. Woods, grassy places, roadsides. Aug.-Nov. 3 x if X § in. 



169. C. Trogii Sacc. (after Jacob Gabriel Trog, Swedish botanist) a. 

 P. subumbonate, ashy-white to buff-grey. St. solid, white. G. 



white. 



Said to be edible. Odour fragrant and spicy as in 168. Woods, amongst 

 leaves. Oct.-Nov. 3A x \\ X \ in. The colour approaches 215. 



170. C. rivulosa Quel, (from the rivulose cracks on the pileus) a b. 

 P. whitish, very pale or brownish flesh-colour or brownish-ochre 



with no shade of green, appearing at first as if whitish- 

 varnished, the cracking of this coat giving the rivulose appear- 

 ance. St. colour as P. G. flesh-colour. 



Solitary, gregarious or coespitose. Taste mild ; odour pleasant. On leaves, 

 amongst moss, pastures, roadsides, etc. Oct.-Nov. if x I J X ^ in. 

 Some small forms, as the var. neptunea Mass. approach 171. 



171. C. cerussata Quel (from its colour ; cerussa, white-lead) a b c. 



St. solid. G. adnato-decurrent, very crowded, never yellow. 



Often in troops. Taste mild, pleasant, sweet, or like 1394, sometimes 

 rancid ; odour pleasant or none. Woods, mixed, fir ; frequent. April- 

 Oct. 3§ X 2 X f in. There are three forms : — I. Stout; like 122 and 123. 

 2. Slender; like 172. 3. Large, stout, irregular. The var. difforjnis 

 Gill, is British. Sometimes springs from dense, creeping mycelium. A 

 close ally of 188. 



172. C. phyllophila Quel. (Gr. phiilion, a leaf, fi/iilos, loving) a b c. 

 P. tan or white. St. stuffed or hollow, sometimes pale brownish. 



G. slightly decurrent, subcrowded, sometimes buff-white or 

 yellowish. 



Caespitose and larger, solitary and smaller. Odour mealy or none. Woods, 

 chiefly amongst beech-leaves, one form on pine-leaves. Sept. - Dec. 

 3 X 2| x § in. Must not be confounded with 367. 



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