298 BRITISH FUNGI 



Myx ACTUM 



* Gills at first xohitish, ocliraccoiis or cinnamon (never violet). 



C. arvinaceus. — Cap- 3-4 in. across, wavy, golden tawny or reddish 

 tan ; gills very broad, finally ochraceous ; stem 5-8 in. high, silky 

 white. 



In beech woods. 



C. collinitus. — Cap 3-5 in. across, tawny orange ; gills adnate, 

 becoming ochraceous ; stem 3-5 in. high, transversely scaly, white, 

 rarely tinged blue. 



In woods amongst heather, etc. 



C. muciflims (PI. XXII, fig. 2).— Cap i|-3 in. across, edge striate, 

 yellowish ; gills adnate, at length cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in, long, 

 white, floccose up to the veil, smooth above. 



In sandy and heathy pine woods. 



C. elatior (PI. XXII, fig. i). — Cap 3-4 in. across, coarsely 

 radiately ^v^inkled, livid yellow, then dingy ochre ; gills adnate, 

 broad, always dark cinnamon-brown ; stem 5-7 in. long, white, 

 slightly narrowed at each end, rarely tinged violet. 



Cap somewhat variable in colour, livid bay, ochraceous or 

 tan, blackish bay, brownish violet, greyish with the edge 

 tinged violet, etc. Recognized by the long, more or less fusiform 

 stem. 



In woods, especially pine. 



C. grallipes. — Cap about 3 in. across, rusty, then ochraceous tan ; 

 gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, rusty ; stem 4-6 in. long, wavy, 

 tawny yellow. 



In mixed woods. 



C. livido-ochraceous. — Cap i-i| in. across, ochraceous ; gills pale 

 cinnamon ; stem about i in. long, narrowed at each end, whitish. 



In woods. 



M. nitidHS.—Ca.p 2-5 in. across, honey-colour, then whitish ; gills 

 truly decurrent at every stage ; stem 2-4 in. long, clavate, whitish 

 and ftbrillose, becoming naked and yellowish. 



In beech woods. Somewhat' tufted. 



C. stillatitius (PI. XXII, fig. 4).— Cap i-|-2 in. across, covered at 

 first, as is also the stem, with clear blue gluten, livid fuscous, then 

 greyish white ; gills dark cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long. 



Somewhat resembling C. elatior, but smaller, and : ■ em not 

 floccose. 



Among moss in pastures, etc. 



C. vibratilis. — -Cap about 2\ in. across, golden yellow ; yills 

 ochraceous cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in. long, snow-white. 

 In woods. 



