CLASSIFICATION 303 



C. arenatus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, light red, then pale brown, with 

 granulated scales ; gills yellowish cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. long, 

 with brown scales up to the middle. 



In woods. 



C. penicillatus. — Cap i-il in. across, obtusely umbonate, rusty 

 brown, tawny when dry, densely floccosely squamose with darker 

 scales ; gills obscure brown ; stem 2-3 in. long, with concentric 

 rusty brown scales up to the apex. 



In pine woods, etc. 



Dcrmocybe 



* Gills at first ichitish or pallid. 



C. ochroleiicus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, whitish with a tinge of ochre, 

 smooth ; gills nearly free, becoming ochraceous tan ; stem 2-3 

 in. long, whitish, fibrillose above. 



In woods. Common. 



C. decumhens. — Cap i-i| in. across, smooth, white or yellowish, 

 shining ; gills white, then tan-colour ; stem 1-2 in. long, curved and 

 ascending, white, smooth, base clavato-bulbous. 



Small, firm, known by the ascending stem. 



In woods and grassy places. 



C. riculatus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, honey-colour, edge silky or 

 floccose ; gills crowded, finally rusty ; stem 2-3 in. long, pallid 

 white, veil very evident. 



In pine woods. 



C. tab iaris. —Ca.p 3-4 in. across, broadly gibbous, at length 

 quite !l u, brownish tan, then paler ; gills crowded, becoming tan- 

 coiuur ; stem 2-3 in. long, sometimes floccose, sometimes smooth, 

 whitish. 



In woods. 



C. caniarus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, umbo broad, often oblique, 

 hoary brown, then tan or yellowish ; gills greyish tan, then brown- 

 ish ; stem about 3 in. long, twisted or ascending from a curved base, 

 white. 



In woods. Tufted. Very fragile. 



C. diabolicus. — Cap i-i|- in. across, cracking, brownish with a 

 grey bloom, then smooth and yellowish brown ; gills pale grey, 

 then tan-colour ; stem about 3 in. long, pale, apex grey. 



In beech woods, etc. 



** Gills at first violet, becoming purple. 



C. caninus. — Cap 3-4 in, across, flattened, hoary and silky at the 

 edge when young, then smooth, colour variable, brown, rufous 

 brick-red, tawny when dry ; gills grey or purplish, then cinnamon ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, slightly bulbous, whitish with a white silkiness. 



Differs from C. anomalits in the smooth stem. 



In woods. 



