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822. C. venustissima Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 50, lower figs. 



Venustissima, most beautiful. 



P. 2-5 cm., rich orange-reddish, becoming pale, slightly fleshy, con- 

 vex, then expanded, obtuse, or somewhat umbilicate, becoming 

 slightly silky-even; margin even, in large specimens striate, and 

 crenate, or toothed in a crisped manner. St. 3-4 cm. x 4-8 mm., 

 reddish, equal, smooth, base often white villous. Gills concolorous, de- 

 current, subdistant, 3 mm. broad, subarcuate. Flesh reddish, thin. 

 Spores white, broadly elliptical, 11-16 x 8-10/A, multi-guttulate. 

 Amongst fir and larch leaves. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



823. C. alutacea Cke. & Massee. Aluta, soft leather. 

 P. 1-1-5 cm., tan colour, convex, then umbilicate, smooth; margin 



incurved. St. 3-4 cm. x 1-2 mm., pale, smooth. Gills paler than the 

 p., decurrent, arcuate, narrow, crowded. Spores white, elliptical, 

 6 x 4)Lt. Amongst grass and moss. Sept. Uncommon. 



824. C. subalutacea (Batsch) Fr. Barla, Champ. Alp. Marit. t. 50, 

 figs. 10-15. Sub, somewhat; aluta, soft leather. 



P. 2-5-5 cm., pale tan, becoming whitish, fleshy, soft, tough, convex, 

 then flattened, obsoletely umbonate, or depressed, smooth. St. 5- 

 8 cm. x 6-8 mm., reddish white, deeper coloured at the base, cylindrical, 

 flexuose, firm, elastic, fibrillose, smooth. Gills pallid, adnate, then 

 subdecurrent, distant, broad. Flesh whitish, soft, tough. Spores 

 white, "subglobose, 3-4 x 3/u," Rick. Smell pleasant of anise, some- 

 times disagreeable like rancid meal, sometimes obsolete. Woods, 

 and under trees. Nov. Uncommon. 



825. C. aurantiaca (Wulf.) Studer. (= Cantharellus aurantiacus 

 (Wulf.) Fr.) Holland, Champ, t. 53, no. 117, as Cantharellus 

 aurantiacus. Aurantiaca, orange coloured. 



P. 2-8 cm., orange-ochraceous, fleshy, soft, depressed, often excentric 

 and undulated, subtomentose; margin involute. St. 5cm. x 6-8 mm., 

 ochraceous, or bistre, somewhat incurved and unequal. Gills deep 

 orange, decurrent, tense, straight, repeatedly dichotomous, crowded, often 

 crisped at the base. Flesh yellowish, soft, thick at the disc. Spores 

 elliptical, 6-7 x 4-5ju,, with a large central gutta. Taste unpleasant. 

 Heaths, and woods, especially coniferous woods. Aug. Nov. 

 Common, (v.v.) 



var. albida (Gillet) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 1057, 1. 1104, fig. B, as Cantha- 

 rellus aurantiacus var. pallidus. Albida, whitish. 



Differs from the type in the white gills. Heaths, and woods. Sept. 

 Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 

 var. lactea (Quel.) Rea. Lactea, milk white. 



Differs from the type in being entirely white. Heaths, and coniferous 

 woods. Aug. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



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