3o8 BRITISH FUNGI 



C. evernius. — Cap 2-4 in. across, covered with a white, fibrillose, 

 silky veil, purple-bay, very hygrophanous, brick-red, ochraceous 

 when dry ; gills purphsh violet, then cinnamon ; stem 3-6 in. long, 

 equal or narrowed below, violet, then pale, indistinctly annulate 

 from the veil. 



In damp pine woods. Gregarious or somewhat tufted. 



C. quadricolor. — Cap 2-3 in. across, umbonate, smooth, pale 

 yellow, then tawny ; gills dark violet, then purplish cinnamon, 

 edge white, serrulate ; stem about 3 in. long, wavy, fibrillose, with 

 an oblique white zone that soon disappears. 



In beech woods, etc. 



*** Stetn and veil red or yelloiv ; gills tawny or cinnamon, not 

 violet nor brown. 



C. helvolits. — Cap 2-3 in. across, smooth, rusty, yellowish when 

 dry ; gills tawny cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. long, pale rusty outside 

 and inside, with a rusty ring-like zone. 



In wooded pastures, etc. 



C. armillatus (PI. XXIII, fig. i). — Cap 3-4 in. across, brownish 

 brick-red, paler when dry ; gills pale, then dark cinnamon ; stem 

 4-5 in. long, bulbous or conical, fibrillose, pale with several oblique 

 red zones. 



In woods. 



C. hcematochelis. — Cap 3-4 in. across, gibbous, brownish brick- 

 red, paler when dry ; gills pale cinnamon ; stem 4-5 in. long, some- 

 what bulbous, pallid, with a single oblique red zone. 



Differs from C. armillatus in ha^•ing onl}^ one red zone on the stem. 



In woods. 



C. croceofnlvus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, bright tawny orange ; gihs 

 rusty ; stem 3-4 in. long, yellow with a rufous tinge, with a rufous 

 orange zone, flesh like that of the cap, yellow. 



In woods. 



C. limonius. — Cap 2-4 in. across, tawny citron, ochraceous when 

 dry ; gills yellow, then cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. long, floccosely 

 sfjuamulose, base deep saftron. 



In pine woods. 



C. hinmdeus. — Cap i-|-2 in. across, tawny cinnamon ; gills tawny 

 cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. long, tawny, with a whitish ring-like zone. 



In woods, etc. 



C. gentilis. — Cap J-i in. across, acutely umbonate, tawny cinna- 

 mon, yellow when dry ; gills very distant, cinnamon ; stem 3-4 

 in. long, often curved, tawny cinnamon, yellow when dry, ring 

 floccosely squamulose, sometimes several zones are present. 



In pine woods. Gregarious. 



C. Jielvelloides. — Cap |-i in. across, rusty, cracked and squarrose 

 when mature, and then tawny ; gills violet-umber, edge whitish, 



