CLASSIFICATION 307 



C. urbicHs. — Cap i|-2 in. across, glabrous, whitish tan ; gills 

 pale rusty ; stem about 2 in. long, equal, pallid, peronate up to the 

 white ring. 



Differs from C. biveliis in glabrous and paler coloured cap. 



In grassy places. 



C. licinipes. — Cap 2-3 in. across, expanded and obtusely um- 

 bonate, usually depressed round the umbo, glabrous, yellowish, 

 then pale tan ; gills watery cinnamon ; stem 4-5 in. long, often 

 wavy, whitish with white plumose squamules up to the mem- 

 branaceous ring, becoming naked. 



In fir woods, in damp places amongst Sphagnum, etc. 



C. microcycliis. — Cap i-i| in. across, soon expanded, minutely 

 umbonate, reddish brown, pale when dry ; gills lilac, then dark 

 cinnamon ; stem 1-2 in. long, white or palhd, veil collapsed into ri 

 white zone round the stem. 



Alhed to C. decipiens, differing in the somewhat bulbous stem 

 and white zone on the stem. 



In pine woods. 



** Stem (Did gills violet. 



C. torvns. — Cap 2-4 in. across, expanded, at first hoary with 

 minute squamules, then smooth, bay, brownish or coppery brown ; 

 gills violet, then purplish umber, finally dark cinnamon ; stem 3-5 

 in. long, whitish and peronate up to the white spreading ring. 



Stem at first bulbous, then elongated and equal ; ring evident, 

 subpersistent ; stem usually bored by larvae. 



In woods, especially beech. 



C. impennis. — Cap i|-2 in. across, brick-red, then pale ; gills 

 violet, soon purplish, then cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, rather 

 bulbous, palhd, the imperfect ring and apex violet. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. lucoriim. — Cap i|-2 in. across, gibbous, wavy, bay with a 

 tinge of brick-red ; gills cinnamon with a transient violet tinge ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, slightly clavate, very fibrillose, pallid, with a 

 white zone. 



On the ground in woods. 



C. plumiger. — Cap 2-3 in. across, conical, then campanulate, 

 umbo broad, prominent, densely covered with white, floccose, erect 

 scales, brown with an olive tinge, reddish tan when dry ; gills 

 violet, then cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. long, clavate, floccosely scaly, 

 ring imperfect, pale. 



In woods. 



C. scutulatus. — Cap about i in. across, purple-umber, then brick- 

 red ; gills purple-violet ; stem 3-4 in. long, somewhat bulbous, 

 peronate and more or less ringed, dark violet outside and inside. 



In damp woods. Smells like radishes. 



