312 BRITISH FUNGI 



C. damascenus. — Cap about 3 in. across, orbicular, usually 

 squamulose when dry, cinnamon-bay ; gills pale cinnamon ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, fibrillose, white, veil white, fugacious. 



In meadows and pastures. Somewhat clustered. 



C. privignus. — Cap about 2 in. across, obtusely umbonate, lirown, 

 hoary, pale when dry ; gills broad, cinnamon, edge serrate, whitish ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, often twisted, pale, silvery. 



Very fragile, scented, but scarcely acrid. 



Damp places in pine woods. 



C. duraciniis. — Cap i-|-2j in. across, pale tan ; gills cinnamon ; 

 stem iJ-2^ in. long, swollen at or below the middle, ending in a 

 tapering rooting base, whitish. 



On the ground in woods. 



C. illiiminus. — Cap 1J-3 in. across, pale brick-red ; gills adnata, 

 cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in. long, narrower upwards, pallid, becoming 

 rusty. 



In pine woods. 



C. tortiiosus. — Cap 1I-2 in. across, shining rusty bay or brick- 

 red ; gills crowded, tawny, blood-red when bruised ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, silvery. 



Cap and gills becoming blood-red or purplish when bruised. 



In damp woods. 



C. dilutiis. — Cap about 2 in. across, umbonate, bay-brown to 

 pale brick-red, pale when dry ; gills deeply ventricose, cinnamon ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, whitish. 



In woods. Inodorous. 



** Stem and gills usually becoming violet. 



C. saturninus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, dark bay or brick-red, edge 

 silky white ; gills purplish, then rusty ; stem 2-3 in. long, deep 

 violet, then whitish. 



In grassy places. 



C. irnbutus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, yellowish tan, then paler ; gills 

 greyish violet, then cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, whitish, apex 

 tinged violet. 



In woods. 



C. castaneus. — Cap about ij in. across, often irregular, brownish 

 chestnut, shining, umbo becoming blackish ; gills purple-violet, 

 then rusty ; stem about i in. long, violet or pallid red. 



Grassy places in woods, pastures, etc. 



C. hicolor. — Cap 1-2 in. across, umbonate, dingy whitish with a 

 tinge of lilac ; gills purplish violet, then cinnamon ; stem about 

 2 in. long, palhd violet, then whitish. 



On the ground in mixed woods. 



*** Stem and imperfect veil yellow or rufous. 



C. balaustimis. — Cap 1-2J in. across, virgate with fibrils, reddish 



