2j6 BRITISH FUNGI 



Cap often obtusely umbonate. Althout^li technically a Phleg- 

 macium, its affinities are with ^lyxacium from a structural point of 

 view. 



In pine woods. 



C. croceocceruleus. — Cap |-i.| in. across, lilac or pale violet ; 

 gills lilac, then saffron-tan ; stem about 2 in. long, hollow, equal, 

 white. 



Under beeches. 



*** Gills yellow, then cinnamon or rusty. (Not whitish nor with 

 a violet tinge at first). 



C. saginus. — -Cap 4-5 in. across, wavy, yellow ; gills decurrent ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, stout, somewhat bulbous, yellowish. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. russus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, coppery rufous ; gills adnate, 

 broad, rusty rufous ; stem about 3 in. long, pallid. 



In damp woods. 



C. dibaphus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, purplish, disc becoming yellow- 

 ish and at length \-ariegated with lilac, flesh yellow with a violet 

 line under the cuticle, gills crowded, rusty purple ; stem about 

 3 in. long, marginatel}' bulbous, yellow, apex purplish, flesh yellow. 



In woods. 



var. xanthophyllus. — Gills at first and for a long time clear yellow. 



C. turhinatus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, dingy yellow or greenish ; gills 

 broad, crowded ; stem cylindrical with a marginate bulb, 

 yellowish. 



Distinguished among allies by the regular, hygrophanous cap, 

 quite entire dingy rusty ochre gills, without a trace of blue or 

 purple-colour. 



In beech woods. 



C. corrosus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, becoming umbilicate, rusty, 

 then pale tan ; gills crowded, narrow ; stem i-i J in. long, with a 

 marginate bulb, white. 



In pine woods. 



C. fulgens (PI. XXII, fig. 5). — Cap 1-^ in. across, persistently 

 tawny orange ; gills bright yellow, then rusty ; stem about 3 in. 

 long, bulb depressed, marginate, fibrillose, yellow. 



In w^oods. 



C. julmineus. — Cap i|-2 in. across, tawny, edge orange, with 

 small, rusty scales ; gills crowded, at first pure yellow ; stem 

 about I in. long, with a large marginate bulb. 



In shady w^oods. 



C. orichalcens. — Cap 2-4 in. across, reddish tawny, disc 

 darker, cracked into squamules ; gills broad, greenish sulphur- 

 colour ; stem 2-3 in. long, with a marginate bulb, yellowish. 



Under pine trees. 



