CLASSIFICATION 315 



*** Stem becoming yellowish, usually growing pale. 



C. detonsus. — Cap 1-2 in. across, subumbonate, striate to the 

 middle when moist, bright yellow, tan when dry ; gills bright 

 yellow, then reddish cinnamon ; stem 2-;^ in. long, smooth, pale 

 yellow, then pallid. 



In damp pine woods among moss, etc. 



C. obtusus. — Cap |-i| in. across, obtusely umbonate, edge striate, 

 rusty bay, then pale ochre, sometimes becoming torn into fibrils ; 

 gills rusty, then cinnamon ; stem 2-4 in. long, yellowish, then 

 white. 



In woods. Gregarious. 



C. acutHS. — Cap |-| in. across, umbo acute, yellowish honey- 

 colour, pale when dry ; gills ochraceous cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, wavy, whitish fibrillose, colour of the cap. 



In mixed woods. 



**** Stem becoming dusky. 



C. junghuhnii. — Cap about i in. across, papillately umbonate, 

 striate to the middle when moist, slightly velvety, shining cinnamon, 

 tan when dry ; gills saffron-brick-red ; stem 2-3 in. long, pale brick- 

 red, shining. 



In woods among moss. 



C. depressus. — Cap about 2 in. across, umbonate, rusty brown, 

 tan when dry ; gills yellowish saffron, then rusty ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, reddish, whitish silky. 



Damp woods. Smell weak, like stale fish or cucumber. 



C. milvinus. — Cap |-i| in. across, slightly umbonate, striate, 

 fawn-colour tinged olive, pale tan when dry, edge with white 

 squamules ; gills rusty ohve ; stem 2-2| in. long, curved, pale 

 brown with white, silky patches. 



In woods. Strong-scented. 



C. fasciatus. — Cap l-l in. across, acute umbo blackish, remainder 

 brick-red, pale when dry ; gills distant, cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, wavy, pale brown, then cinnamon. 



Remarkable for the stem splitting longitudinally into fibres. 



Damp places under pines. 



Crepidotus 



Cap excentric, often resupinate or attached by the edge ; stem 

 excentric, lateral or absent ; gills decurrent or radiating from a 

 point ; spores rusty. 



Care must be taken not to confound the species with those of 

 Pleurotus (white spores), and of Claiidopus (pink spores). 



C. palmatus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, irregular, rusty ; stem excentric 

 or lateral, whitish ; gills fixed to a collar, rusty. 



On trunks. 



