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341. M. tenella Que'l. (tener, tender) a. White or livid flesh-colour. 

 P. campanulato-convex, pellucid. G. adnato-decurrent. 

 Caespitose. Decayed trees. Autumn. x x ^ in. 



342. M. aeieula Que'l. (from its resemblance to a small pin, ariculd) 



a b c. 



P. conico-campanulate, papillate, orange-vermilion. Sf. attenuate 

 and fibrilloso-rooting, deep yellow. G. adnate or adnexo- 

 rounded, yellow with a whitish edge or wholly white. 



Wood, leaves, twigs, etc. ; frequent. July-Oct. f X ij X ^ in. 



f. Lactipedes. 



543. M. hsematopus Que'l. (from the blood-red juice of the stem ; 



Gr. haima, blood, potts, a foot) a b c. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, whitish flesh-colour. St. 

 pulverulent, colour as P. G. adnate, whitish. Milk deep 

 brown-crimson. 



Caespitose. Taste slightly disagreeable. Stumps, old timber, alder, birch ; 

 frequent. Aug. -Nov. if x 3 X in. 



344. M. cruenta Que'l. (from the blood-like juice ; cruor, gore) a b. 

 P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, brown. St. tense, villous- 



rooting, paler than P. G. adnate, whitish. Milk deep 

 brownish-crimson. 

 Solitary or subcaespitose. Woods, pine-cones, etc. ; rare. Sept. 



1 x 3i x tV in - 



345. M. sang-uinolenta Que'l. (from the blood-red juice; sanguino- 



lentus, bloody) a b c. 



P. hemispherical, brown or purplish-brown. St. flaccid, fibrillose 

 at base, colour as P. G. pale purplish-brown ; edge some- 

 times dark purple. Milk brownish-crimson. 



Gregarious. Woods, chips, twigs, fir-leaves, moss, etc., tree-fern stems in 

 greenhouses. May-Nov. x 3f X -fa in. Sometimes wholly pale brown 

 and varying \ to in. high. 



346. M. eroeata Gill, (from the saffron-coloured juice ; crocus, saffron) 



ab. 

 P. convex, olivaceous, ashy, yellowish or white ; mid. reddish. 



St. tense, deep yellow, orange-crimson at fibrillose base. G. 



adnato-ascending or adnexed, white. 

 Scattered. Woods, beech, amongst leaves ; uncommon. Autumn. 



X 4! X 3*5 in. A small var. appears on beech-trunks. 



347. M. ehelidonia Quel. (from the yellow juice, like that of 



Chelidonium ma/us) a b c. 



P. hemispherical, yellowish flesh-colour ; mid. ochreous. St. firm, 

 yellow at the villous-rooting base. G. adnate, white or yellow- 

 white. Milk, saffron to vinous-red. 



.Subczespitose. Odour somewhat alkaline. Stumps, beech, alder; rare. 

 Oct. f X 2 X ^ in. 



