CLASSIFICATION 311 



stem i|-2 in. long, pale brown, floccosely squamulose up to the 

 ring. 



Among moss, fallen leaves, etc. 



C. stemmatus. — Cap about i in. across, bay, fibrillose ; gills 

 crowded, bay ; stem about 3 in. long, rusty ba}-, fl'occose up to the 

 indistinct ring. 



In damp woods. 



C. rigidus (PL XXIII, fig. 6).— Cap 1J-2 in. across, umbonate, 

 smooth, bay, paler when dry ; gills cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in. long, 

 wavy, colour of cap, not floccose. 



In damp woods. Smell strong. 



C. paleaceus. — Cap j^-i in. across, umbonate, silky white, squa- 

 mulose, then smooth and brown ; gills broad, cinnamon ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, brown outside and inside, with white squamules. 



Damp places in beech woods. 



C. iris. — Cap about i in. across, acutely umbonate, pale ochrace- 

 ous brown, densely covered with white fibrils, edge splitting ; gills 

 becoming bright orange-brown ; stem 2^-3 in. long, conical, orange- 

 brown below the bright brown ring, with fibrillose squamules of 

 the same colour, above the ring violet, then pale. 



Differs from C. paleaceus in the conical, straight stem. 



On the ground in woods. 



C. cookei. — Cap up to J in. across, tawny yellow, covered with a 

 paler, shining woolly veil, umbonate, fibrillose ; gills violet, then 

 rusty ; stem i|-2 in. long, wavy, pale, with several 3'ellowish zones. 



In woods. 



Hygrocybe 



I. Cap rather fleshy, convex or campanulato-convex, then expanded, 

 obtuse or at length gibbous, edge at first incurved ; stem (in most in- 

 stances) narrowed upivards. 



* Stem and veil ivhite. In some instances there is a transient 

 shade of violet at apex of stem. 



C. firmus. — Cap about 3 in. across, tawny ochraceous ; gills 

 crowded, brown ; stem about 3 in. long, clavate or rather bulbous, 

 white. 



Grassy places in mixed woods. 



C. subferrugineus. — Cap about 3 in. across, often wa\-y, rusty, 

 pale and shining when dry ; gills rusty ; stem about ,} in. long, 

 more or less bulbous, pallid, base dull orange. 



Smell and taste unpleasant. 



On the ground amongst leaves. 



C. armeniacus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, broadly umbonate, smooth, 

 tawny cinnamon, then paler ; gills crowded, shining, cinnamon ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, fibrillose, conical, white. 



In woods, especially pine. 



