CLASSIFICATION 293 



C. sehaceus. — Cap 2|-5 in. across, viscid, colour of suet, then 

 pale, mealy at first ; gills emarginate ; stem 3-4 in. long, solid, 

 stout, not bulbous, pallid. 



In mixed woods. 



C. liistratus. — Cap 1-2 in. across, pallid ; gills closely crowded, 

 narrow ; stem 1-2 in. long, smooth, whitish. 



Among grass in sunny places. 



C. multiformis. — Cap 2-3 in. across, yellow, tan or tawny ; gills 

 thin, crowded ; stem 2-4 in. long, bull3ous, whitish. 



In woods. 



C. napus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, smoke-colour, then tawny bay ; 

 gills broad, smoky white ; stem about 2 in. long, bulb obconic, 

 which is obliquely marginate, white. 



Allied to C. rapaceus, but distinct in the broad, crisped, rather 

 distant smoky white gills. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. allutiis. — Cap about i in. across, reddish russet, edge darker ; 

 gills adnate, edge crenulate ; stem about i in. long, viscid, white, 

 marginately bulbous. 



Cap sometimes orange-yellow, disc paler when moist, deep 

 yellow when dry ; gills sometimes decurrent. 



In pine woods. 



C. talus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, dingy yellowish, then pale, edge 

 tinged yellowish olive ; gills straw-colour, then discoloured ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, pallid, bulb marginate. 



In woods. 



C. cumatilis. — Cap 3-4 in. across, disc l)rownisli, remainder dingy 

 lilac, covered with violet gluten ; gills crowded, narrow edge serrate ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, somewhat bulbous, whitish. 



In copses, etc. 



C. serarius. — Cap 3-4 in. across, reddish tan ; gills adnexed, with 

 a decurrent tooth ; stem 3-4 in. long, shining white. 

 In woods. 



C. emollitus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, tawny, ochraceous and shining 

 when dry ; gills broad ; stem iA~2 in. long, scarcely bulboiis, white 

 tinged yellow. 



Among grass in beech woods. Often tufted. 



C. cristallinus. — Cap about 3 in. across, disc pallid, edge silvery 

 white, entirely whitish when dr\' ; gills crowded ; stem about 

 3 in. long, hollow, pale straw-colour. 



In woods amongst leaves. Taste acrid. 



C. decoloratus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, tan-colour, becoming wrinkled; 

 gills slightly crowded ; stem about 3 in. long, silvery shining. 



In beech woods. 



