CLASSIFICATION 297 



C. testaceus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, brick-red with a tinge of purple ; 

 gills broad ; stem 3-4 in. long, bulb somewhat marginate, whitish 

 with a rufous tinge below. 



On the ground.- 



C. corruscans. — Cap 3-5 in. across, yellowish ochre ; gills adnate, 

 narrow ; stem 3-6 in. long, fibrillose, pure white. 



Cap regular, often ochraceous and spotted with tawny. 

 Under bushes, etc. 



C. papulosns. — Cap 2^-3 J in. across, honey-colour or tan, dibC 

 darker ; gills adnato-decurrent, then separating from the stem, 

 crowded ; stem about 3 in. long, iibrillose, white. 



In pine woods. 



**** Gills olivaceous or greenish. 



C. infradns. — Cap about 3 in. across, olive, then yellowish with 

 a brownish ridge near the edge ; gills olive-umber ; stem about 

 3 in. long, ovately bulbous, olive, becoming pale. 



In beech woods, etc. 



C. anjractiis. — Cap 2-3 in. across, dark oli\'e, then tawny soot- 

 colour ; gills distant, smoky olive ; stem 2-3 in. long, fibrillose, 

 dingy, apex violet. 



In woods. 



C. berkeleyi. — Cap 3-6 in. across, brown, centre darkest, 

 edge tinged lilac and wrinkled ; gills cinnamon with an olive 

 tinge at first ; stem 4-6 in. long, base bulbous, silky-fibrillose, 

 white. 



In woods. 



C. pr a sinus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, dingy bluish green ; gills rather 

 distant ; stem about 2 in. long, marginately bulbous, pale green, no 

 violet. 



In beech woods. 



C. atrovirens. — Cap 3-4 in. across, dark green or olive-umber ; gills 

 adnate, crowded ; stem about 3 in. long, lulb turbinate, marginate, 

 bluish green. 



In pine woods. 



C. scaurus. — Cap 1J-3 in. across, smoky tawny, spotted, 

 then pah ; gills very narrow, ()Ii\-e or sometimes purplish ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, with a marginate bulb, tinged green or 



blue. 



In woods. 



C. herpeticHs.—Cap i|-3 in. across, olive, then dingy tan ; gills 

 closely crowded, smoky violet ; stem 23 in. long, bulb napiform, 

 marginate, scarcely tinged violet. 



In woods. 



