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**Gills violaceous, purplisli, or flesh coloured. 



376. C. (Phleg.) decolorans (Pers.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 727, t. 730. 



Decolorans, discolouring. 



P. 3-6 cm., persistently yellow, fleshy, convex, then flattened, some- 

 what gibbous. St. 57 cm. x 6-10 mm., shining white, equal, attenu- 

 ated downwards, or slightly thickened at the base. Cortina white, 

 persistent, median. Gills purplish, then soon cinnamon, sinuato- 

 adnexed, thin, crowded, 6 mm. broad. Flesh white, thin, firm. Spores 

 pale ferruginous, subglobose, 7-8 x 7 ft; "almond-shaped, 10-12 x 5- 

 6/x, warted" Kick. Coniferous woods, and under birches. Sept. 

 Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



377. C. (Phleg.) porphyropus (A. & S.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 728, t. 731. 



Trop(f>vpeos, purple; TTOU?, foot. 



P. 3-8 cm., livid-light-yellowish, or day colour, fleshy, very thin at 

 the margin, convexo-plane, obtuse, innately streaked. St. 5-10 cm. 

 x 6-10 mm., violaceous-lilac, becoming pale, even whitish, but soon 

 becoming violaceous-lilac when touched, fragile, somewhat bulbous, or 

 rather equally attenuated from the thickened base, sometimes equal. 

 Cortina violaceous-lilac, fibrillose, inferior. Gills purplish, then watery 

 cinnamon, becoming purple again when touched, rounded, or emar- 

 ginate, somewhat crowded, 4-10 mm. broad. Flesh of pileus whitish, 

 soon becoming purple-lilac when broken, of stem purple-lilac becoming 

 whitish. Spores pale ferruginous, pip-shaped, 10-11 x 6-7 //,, "slightly 

 rough" Eick. Woods, especially beech. Sept. Oct. Uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



378. C. (Phleg.) croceo-caeruleus (Pers.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 729, t. 732. 



Croceus, saffron; caeruleus, azure. 



P. 2-3 cm., lilac, or faintly violaceous, fleshy, thin, convex, then 

 plane, obtuse, or gibbous. St. 5 cm. x 4-6 mm., whitish, fragile, 

 somewhat equal, or attenuated downwards. Cortina white, fibrillose, 

 fugacious. Gills lilac, then clay-saffron, attenuated, or broadly emar- 

 ginate, with a small, very thin decurrent tooth, somewhat distant. 

 Flesh pallid, lilac under the pellicle, watery. Spores ferruginous, pip- 

 shaped, 6-8 x 4-5 fj,, punctate. Taste "bitter" Pers. Woods, especially 

 under beeches, and hazels. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



***Gills pure ochre, tawny, or ferruginous. 



379. C. (Phleg.) coruscans Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 730, t. 733. 



Coruscans, glittering. 



P. 10 cm., yellow-ochraceous, often spotted tawny, fleshy, soon plane, 

 regular, at length depressed, shining when dry. St. 7-15 x 1 cm., 

 shining white, elastic, equal, apex enlarged, fibrillosely-striate. Cortina 



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