3i6 BRITISH FUNGI 



C. mollis. — Cap 10-3 in. across, rather gelatinous, obovate or 

 reniform, limp, dingy tan or greyish ; stem practically absent ; gills 

 radiating from the point of attachment of the cap, cinnamon. 



On rotten trunks, stumps, etc. Often imbricated. 



C. applanatus. — Cap 1-2 in. across, soft, fragile, reniform or 

 wedge-shaped, with a very short, lateral, whitish, downy stem ; 

 gilh crowded, narrow, cinnamon. 



On rotten wood. 



C. alveolus.-^Ca.p i-2| in. across, obovate, wavy, attached by a 

 lateral downy mass, brownish ochre ; gills starting from a definite 

 point, broad, crowded, brownish tan. 



Allied to C. mollis, but more fleshy and darker coloured, pale 

 when dry, sometimes tinged olive at the edge. 



On trunks. 



C. calolepis. — Cap |-| in. across, sessile and fixed by a lateral 

 downy point, pale with minute, crowded, rufescent points ; gills 

 radiating, rusty brown. 



On rotten trunks and branches of aspen, etc. 



C. epibryus. — Cap 2-3 lines across, sessile, silky, white ; gills 

 radiating from the centre, becoming reddish yellow. 



Differs from Claiidopiis variabilis in the more regular form, cup- 

 shaped and entire, and without a rudimentary stem. 



On mosses, leaves, etc. 



C. raljsii. — Cap J-f in. across, yellow, edge incurved, scurfy, 

 fixed by cottony down ; stem obsolete ; gills rather broad, tan- 

 colour, edge whitish. 



On decaying wood. Somewhat gregarious. 



C. epigcBUs. — Cap -J-i in. across, thin, fragile, reniform or fan- 

 shaped, reddish bay, base downy ; gills narrow, reddish. 



On the ground in damp places. 



C. haustellaris. — Cap ^-| in. across, rather fleshy, reniform or 

 kidney-shaped, plane, even, minutely downy, tan-colour ; gills 

 determinate, rounded behind, pallid, then brownish cinnamon ; 

 stem distinct, lateral or very excentric, up to J in. long, narrowed 

 upwards, downy, white. 



Closely resembles C. calolepis, but regular in form, not tufted in 

 growth, and especially distinguished bj/ the subconical stem and 

 almost free gills. 



On fallen branches of poplar, etc. 



C. phillipsii. — Cap about 3 lines across, rather fleshy, oblique, 

 striate, smooth, pale umber ; gills narrow, ventricose, slightly 

 adnate, pale dingy tan ; stem short, solid, incurved at the base. 



Distinguished by the dingy umber cap, and the short, incurved 

 stem. 



On rotten branches. 



