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Sometimes the whole plant is purple and not unlike 139. Var. subpur- 

 purascens Fr., thinner than type, slightly virgate. P. tawny smoke-colour. 

 St. hollow, pale bluish or whitish. 



999. C. dibaphus Fr. (from the two colours; Gr. dibaphos, twice 



dipped or dyed) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, or slightly depressed, yellow or sienna with 



purple or lilac marg. St. deep yellow to straw. G. sinuato- 



adnate, somewhat crowded, straw to purple-ferruginous. Flesh 



yellow. 



Taste and odour none. Woods, beech, oak. Sept. -Oct. 4 x 3§ X ^ in. 

 Wholly deep claret when dry. Var. xanthophyllns Cooke, the young 

 state. P. for a long time yellow. 



1000. C. turbinatus Fr. (from the shape of the base of the stem ; 



turbo, a spinning-top) a b. 



P. convexo-depressed, dull yellowish ; marg. somewhat olive- 

 brownish. St. stuffed to hollow, faintly dull yellowish. G. 

 attenuato-adnate or decurrent, thin, crowded. 



Woods, beech ; uncommon. Sept. 5^ X 2£ x f in. 



1001. C. eorrosus Fr. (corrosus, gnawed to pieces, in reference to 



the late condition of the pileus) a. 

 P. convexo-depressed, subfloccose, ferruginous to pale tan. St. 



almost hollow, tan, white above. G. emarginate, narrow. 

 Woods, pine. Sept. 3 x 1 J X f in. 



1002. C. fulgens Fr. (from its shining colour ; fulgeo, to shine) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane, silky-fibrillose, brilliant yellow. St. fibril- 



loso-woolly, colour as P. G. emarginate. Flesh yellow. 

 Woods, pine ; rare. Sept. 3§ X 2\ X £ in. 



1003. C. fulmineus Fr. (from the shining pileus ; fuhnen, lightning) a. 

 P. convexo-expanded, agglutinato-scaly, hard, bright yellow to 



tawny. St. yellow. G. rounded. 



Shady woods, oak. Oct. 2J x i| X | in. 



1004. C. oriehaleeus Fr. (from the colour, like yellow copper ore, 



orichalchum) a b. 

 P. convexo-depressed, sienna-crimson ; mid. spotted-scaly ; marg. 



dull yellow or faintly olive. St. fibrillose, sulphur to dull 



yellow. G. rounded-adnate. 

 Under trees, woods, pine. Sept. -Oct. 3 x 3§ X § in. 



1005. C. testaeeus Cooke (from the colour ; testaceus, brick-red) a b. 

 P. convex, flat, umbonate, vinous brick-red. St. fibroso-striate 



below, white above, rufous below. G. adnato-emarginate. 

 Woods, amongst leaves. Oct. -Nov. 3! x 3§ X \ in. 



1006. C. prasinus Fr. (from the colour ■ Gr. praso?i, a leek) a c. 



P. convexo-plane, obtuse, spotted, verdigris or tawny-fuliginous. 



St. greenish-pallid. G. emarginate, subdistant, somewhat 



crisped. 

 Commonly sporadic. Edible. Taste mild. Woods, beech. Sept. -Oct. 



34 X 3f X § in. 



