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myrtillinus, Fr. P. 57 cm. gibbous then flattened, sooty, 

 hoary with white fibrils ; g. rather distant, amethyst-blue then bluish 

 tan ; s. 4 5 cm. bulbous silky, not zoned, whitish ; sp. 10 x 5. 



Apex of stem violet ; no purple in g. 



azureus, Fr. P. 35 cm. silky or atomate shining, hoary lilac ; 

 g. clear blue- violet ; s. 4 7 cm. glabrous, slightly striate, base 

 thickened, downy, whitish ; sp. 9 x 6. 



albocyaneus, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. exp. hoary silky then glabrous, 

 white then yellowish ; g. broad, crowded, bluish purple then sub- 

 ochre ; s. 6 9 cm. subclavate, naked, whitish ; sp. 610 x 4 7. 



Differs from C. anomalus in clavate s. and flattened p. 



anomalus, Fr. P. 2'5 5 cm. obtuse then gibbous, sooty-rufous, 

 hoary fibrillose then glabrous and tawny ; g. crowded, bluish-purple 

 then cinnamon; s. 5 7 cm. thin, attenuated, fibrillose, somewhat 

 scaly, violet then pallid ; sp. 8 9 x 7. 



spilomeus, Fr. P. 2 3 cm. exp. gibbous, dry, fuscous then tan ; 

 g. crowded, narrow ; s. 4 5 cm. whitish lilac variegated with tawny 

 rufous scales; sp. - . 



Differs from C. anomalus in scaly stem. 



lepidopus, Cke. P. 2 4 cm. exp. gibbous, umber with a tinge 

 of violet at edge, becoming rufescent ; g. adnate, violet then cinna- 

 mon ; s. 6 9 cm. narrowed upwards, rather wavy, whitish or tinged 

 lilac, with concentric darker zones ; sp. 9 x 6. 



[Lebretonii, Q. P. lilac then fawn ; s. lilac, dotted with saffron 

 flecks. 



* * * Gills shining cinnamon, red, or yellow. Stem and 

 fibrillose cortina coloured. 



miltinus, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. convex, bay-cinnamon, soon very 

 glabrous and shining ; g. adnate, narrow, crowded, rusty ; s. 5 7 cm. 

 equally narrowed upwards, cinnamon, reddish-fibrillose ; sp. 6 x 4. 



cinnabarinus, Fr. Smell strong, like radishes. Every part 

 crimson-lake. P. 2 5 cm. obtuse, silky then almost glabrous, 

 shining; g. adnate, broad, rather distant, darker; s. 3 5 cm. 

 fibrillose ; sp. 8 x 5. 



Differs from C. sanguineus in stuffed s., radishy smell, and broad 

 gills with an olive tinge. 



sanguineus, Fr. Entirely blood-red. P. 25 cm. obtuse, 

 innately silky or squamulose ; g. crowded, broadish ; s. 3 5 cm. 

 stuffed then hollow, thin, equal ; sp. 6 7 x 4. 



anthracinus, Fr. P. 1*5 3 cm. convex exp. umb. somewhat 

 chestnut; g. adnate, crowded, scarlet, blood- red when bruised; 

 s. 4 5 cm. fibrillose, deep blood-red ; sp. 7 x 5. 



cinnamomeus, Fr. P. 2'5 5 cm. obtuse, umb. somewhat cinna- 

 mon with yellowish innate fibrils ; g. adnate, broad, crowded, shining, 

 yellowish ; s. 4 9 cm. equal, with flesh and veil yellowish ; sp. 

 78 x 45. 



