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1139. C. imbutus Fr. (from the moist, stained flesh; imbuo, to 



soak) a. 



P. flat, obtuse, sienna-brown to pale yellowish; marg. white 

 hoary-fibrillose. St. solid, equal, whitish, pale violaceous 

 above. G. rounded-adnate, subdistant, dark bluish-grey to 

 watery-cinnamon. Flesh dingy pale violaceous at top of St. 



Subccespitose. Woods. Sept. 3 x 2 x in. 



1139a. C. seiophyllus Fr. (from the dusky gills; Gr. skia, shade, 



pkullon, a leaf) a. 



P. thin, convexo-expanded, obtuse, blue-purple-slate, paler towards 

 marg. ; mid. fleshy ; edge narrow, silky white ; Co. white. 

 St. solid, slightly attenuate upwards, pale lavender to violet, 

 gradually reddish towards the white base, clad with irregular 

 white Z. G. adnate, crowded, narrow, purple-brownish or 

 dusky umber. Flesh purple-slate above, salmon-buff and reddish 

 below. 

 Single or csespitose. Under beeches. Autumn, if X 2| x J in. 



1140. C. castaneus Fr. (from its colour ; eastanea, a chestnut) a b c. 

 P. obtuse or subumbonate, shining fuscous- or purplish-chestnut ; 



mid. darker. St. stuffed, fibrillose with V., pale purplish 

 above, purple-brownish below. Z. white or ochre. G. adnate 

 or emarginate, thin, violaceous to ferruginous, edge whitish. 

 Gregarious, sometimes caespitose. Edible. Taste like that of 1394 or 792 ; 

 odour none or fungoid. Woods, pastures, gardens, on the ground, rarely 

 on wood ; common. June-Nov. i| x 2| x ^ 5 in. 



1141. C. bieolor Cooke (from its two prevailing colours, purple and 



tan) a b. 



P. broadly and acutely umbonate, whitish or lilac shaded. V. 

 fugacious, white. St. solid, equal or attenuate downwards, 

 pallid violet or steel-grey to whitish, zoned. G. adnate with a 

 tooth, subcrowded, purplish-violet to cinnamon. Flesh whitish 

 to bright lavender, purple at base of St. 



Woods, mixed, on the ground. Aug.-Oct. 2^ X 2^ X f in. 



1142. C. balaustinus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, like the 



flower of the pomegranate, Gr. balaustion] a. 



P. convex, flat, virgate, innato-fibrillose, shaded sienna-crimson 

 or vermilion. St. solid, fibrilloso-striate, pallid to tawny- 

 ferruginous within and without, zoned red-sienna. G. adnate, 

 subcrowded, ferruginous-red or paler than P. 



On the ground, woods, mixed, beech. Oct. 2| X 2| X & in. 



1143. C. eolus Fr. (from the fibrillose stem ; colus, a distaff) a b. 



P. convex, obtuse or obtusely umbonate, brown-rufescent, deep 

 bay or umber, becoming paler. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, 

 paler than P., base encircled by blood-red or fiery-saffron 

 mycelium. G. ascending-adnate, subcrowded, pale lilac or 

 brownish to dark cinnamon. 



Woods, pine. Oct. 2 x 3f X -& in. 



