CLASSIFICATION 189 



C. gilva. — Cap thin, soon depressed and often wavy, but not truly 

 infundibuliform, obtuse, smooth, pale dingy ochraceous, 2-3 in. 

 across ; flesh of cap and stem pale ochraceous ; gills decurrent, 

 closely crowded, pallid, then ochraceous ; stem smooth, sohd, 

 coloured like the cap, up to i in. long. 



Distinguished by the ochraceous colour of every part, including 

 the flesh. C. splendens differs in the white gills. C. inversus is 

 known from the present species by its rufescent gills, and C. flaccidits 

 differs in the thin, flaccid, infundibuliform cap, and somewhat 

 wavy, longer stem. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. splendens. — Cap rather thick, plane, then depressed or in- 

 fundibuliform, smooth, shining, yellowish or gilvous, 2-3 in. across, 

 flesh white ; giUs deeply decurrent, narrow, crowded, simple, 

 white ; stem smooth, coloured like the cap, solid, slightly thick- 

 ened at the base, about i in. long. 



Intermediate between C. gilva and C. flaccida. The former differs 

 in the more compact cap, often with drop-like markings, and the 

 very much crowded, somewhat branched, pale ochraceous gills 

 and flesh. The gills of C. splendens have a yellow tinge when old. 



In woods among pine leaves, etc. Solitary. 



C. inversus. — Cap thin, fragile, convex, soon infundibuliform, 

 edge inturned, smooth, even, rufescent or dull brownish orange, 

 often wavy or deformed, 2-3 in. across ; gills decurrent, simple, 

 pallid, then rufescent ; stem smooth, rather rigid, stuffed, soon 

 hollow, paler than the cap, about li- in. long. 



Gregarious or clustered, often forming large tufts, especially 

 late in the autumn. Deformed. Smell slightly acid. Flesh coloured 

 like the cap. 



Among leaves in woods. 



C. flaccid us. — Cap pliant, orbicnlar, umbilicate, umbo per- 

 sistently absent, edge spreading, arched, smooth, even, or rarely 

 cracked into squamules, tawny-ferruginous or rusty, shining, not 

 becoming pale, 2-3 in. across ; flesh thin, pallid ; gills deeply 

 decurrent, crowded, narrow, white, then tinged yellowish ; stem 

 elastic, polished, base thickened, downy, reddish rust-colour, 1-2 in. 

 long. 



Gregarious, stems often grown together at the base. Sometimes 

 solitary and regular in shape. 



Among leaves, etc. 



var. lohatus. — Tufted ; darker in colour ; cap lobed or contorted 

 at the edge. 



C. vermicular is .^Q/a.^ slightly fleshy, um])ilicate, then the edge 

 becomes turned up and the cap becomes infundibuliform, wavy, 

 even, smooth, red, then pinkish tan, \'ery often undulately lobed 

 at the margin, 1-2 in. across ; gills decurrent, closely crowded, thin, 



