CLASSIFICATION 305 



silky or squamulose, dark blood-red ; gills crowded, dark blood- 

 red ; stem i|-2 in. long, dark blood-red. 

 In woods. 



C. antkracinus. — Cap l-} in. across, umbonate, silky, chestnut- 

 colour ; gills scarlet, blood-red when bruised ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, blood-red. 



In woods. 



C. cinnamomeits (PI. XXIII, fig. 5). — Cap i-2| in. across, um- 

 bonate, cinnamon with silky yellowish fibrils ; gills broad, crowded, 

 shining, yellow, then tawny yellow ; stem 2-4 in. long, yellow. 



In woods. 



var. croceus. — Smaller than type. Cap, gills, and stem often 

 tinged olive. 



var. semisaitgH mens. —Cap tawny ; stem yellow ; gills narrow, 

 blood-red or orange-brown with a red tinge. 



C. croceocontis. — Cap 1-2 in. across, thin, conical, then cam- 

 panulate, persistently acute, almost smooth, tawny cinnamon ; 

 gills adnexed, ascending, narrow, crowded, cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, wavy, hollow. 



Allied to C. cinnamomeiis, differs in the hollow, wavy stem, 

 persistently acute cap, and very narrow gills. 



On the ground. Gregarious or subccespitose. 



C. uliginosus. — Cap |-i in. across, strongly umbonate, bright 

 red-brown ; gills yellow, then olive, finally cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in, 

 long, wavy, paler than the cap. 



Boggy woods among Sphagnum. 



C. orellanus. — Cap i|-2 in. across, obtusely umbonate, downy or 

 fibrillose, golden tawny ; gills tawny cinnamon ; stem i|-2 in. 

 long, fibrillose, tawny. 



Differs from C. cinnamomeits in the striato-fibrillose stem, which 

 is solid and tawny. 



On the ground in woods. 



C. malicorius. — Cap 1-2 in. across, fibrillosely \elvety, golden 

 tawny ; gills golden tawny ; stem about 2 in. long, fibrillose, 

 golden. 



Differs from C. cinnamomeiis in hollow stem and obtuse (not 

 umbonate) cap. 



In pine woods. 



C. inlucatiis. — Cap i|-2|- in. across, bright yellow ; gills tawny, 

 then cinnamon ; stem 3-5 in. long, base clavate, fibrillose, whitish 

 tinged yellow. 



On the ground in woods. 



**** Gills olivaceous ; cap not scaly. 



C. cotoneus. — Cap about 3 in. across, covered with clear olive 



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