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1050. C. xanthopus Fr. %av06<;, yellow; TTOV<;, foot. 

 P. 2-5-5 cm., tan, becoming pale, slightly fleshy, campanulato-convex, 



then expanded, lax, umbonate, smooth, dry; margin at length spread- 

 ing, slightly striate. St. 6-10 cm. x 4-6 mm., tawny yellow, equal, 

 tough, smooth, strigosely rooting at the base. Gills whitish, truncate 

 behind, adnexed, then free, very broad, crowded, lax. Flesh white, 

 yellowish under the cuticle of the p., rufous in the St., thin. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 5 x 3jti, 1-guttulate. Cystidia "flask-shaped, 45-50 x 10- 

 15/x " Rick. On stumps, and amongst leaves, chiefly in pine woods. 

 July Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1051. C. nitellina Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 65, figs. 1, 2. 



Nitellina, belonging to a dormouse. 



P. 1-5-4 cm., tawny, or brick tawny, becoming tan colour when dry, 

 submembranaceous, convexo-plane, obtuse, often umbonate, elastic, 

 flaccid, hygrophanous, smooth, polished, somewhat rugulose under a 

 lens, pellucido-striate when moist. St. 2-5-7-5 cm. x 3-5 mm.., ferru- 

 ginous tawny, becoming yellow when dry, equal, flexuose, cartilaginous, 

 shining, polished, apex often pruinose, base white villous. Gills 

 whitish, or citron yellow, then, flesh colour, adnate, very obtuse behind, 

 broad, attenuated in front, somewhat crowded, often undulate. Flesh 

 concolorous, thin. Spores "bright brownish red in the mass, yellowish 

 under the microscope, elliptical, with a basal apiculus, 7-8 x 4-5/i, or 

 sometimes 10 x 5//,, 1-many-guttulate, warted" Rene Maire. Smell 

 strong, rancid, or "like melon" Quel. Taste mild. Edible. Forming 

 rings on the ground in coniferous woods. May Oct. Uncommon. 



1052. C. succinea Fr. Cke. Ulus. no. 203, t. 151, upper figs. 



Succinea, of amber. 



P. 2-5-5 cm., rufous, or brown fuscous, becoming pale, fleshy, thin, 

 convex, then flattened, obtuse, at length depressed and unequal, 

 rimosely split when dry, smooth. St. 2-5-5 cm. x 2-5 mm., rufescent, 

 apex paler, equal, attenuated at the base, tough, smooth, shining, 

 sometimes arising from nodules of compact mycelium. Gills cream 

 colour, adnate, obtuse behind, very broad, rather thick, not much 

 crowded, delicately toothed. Flesh reddish, thin. Spores white, pip- 

 shaped, 7-8 x 4/n, depressed on one side, multi-guttulate. Cystidia 

 none. Solitary or gregarious in coniferous woods and under conifers. 

 May Aug. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1053. C. nummularia (Lam.) Fr. Cke. IUus. no. 203, t. 151, lower figs. 



Nummularia, like a coin. 



P. 1^4 cm., whitish, or very pale ochre, becoming white, tinged yellow at 

 the umbilicate disc, slightly fleshy, convex, then plane, orbicular, then 

 depressed round the obsolete umbo, hygrophanous, smooth. St. 3-5 cm. 

 x 3-4 mm., whitish, attenuated downwards to the bulbous, tomentose 



