194: OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



convexo-plane, gibbous, even, smooth, tawuy-cinnamon, at 

 length tan- coloured, shining; stem stuffed, conico-attenuated, 

 rigid, soft within, white, as well as the suljperonate veil; gills 

 adnate, erowded, pallid, then tawny-einnamon. — Sc/iccff, t. 81. 

 In pine-woods. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. 



44. C. (Hygroeybe) dilutus, Fr. ; pileus somewhat fleshy, 

 convcxo-plane, subumbonate, smooth, even, opaque, light- 

 red ; stem staffed, then hollow, soft, pallid, thickened at the 

 base ; veil fibrillose ; gills emarginate, adnexed, broad, erowd- 

 ed, pale-einnamou. — Bolt t. 10. 



In woods, Bolton. Not found since his time. Pileus about 

 2 inches across. 



45. C. (Hygroeybe) castaneus, F7\ ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 firm, campanulato-convex, flattened out or gibbous, even, 

 chestnut; stem cartilaginous, stuffed, then hollow, even, violet 

 or pale rufous ; veil white, fibrillose ; gills fixed, ventrieose, 

 rather crowded, violet, then ferruginous. — Bull. t. 268. 



In woods and gardens, on the naked ground. Common. A 

 small species. 



46. C. (Hygroeybe) Reedii, B. ; pileus conical, then ex- 

 panded and strongly umbonate, smooth, shining, persistently 

 brown ; disc areolate ; margin splitting ; stem white, solid, 

 fibrilloso-striate, slightly bulbous ; veil fibrillose, evanescent ; 

 gills broad, ventrieose^ ascending, attenuated behind, free, 

 white or pallid, then cinnamon. — Huss. ii, t. 45. 



Amongst moss and beech-mast. May. Hayes, Surrey. 

 Pileus one inch across. Stem 1^-2 inches high. Tasteless 

 and scentless. Flesh pallid. Allied to C. leucojms and C. 

 Krombholzii. 



47. C. (Hygroeybe) leucopus, Fr. ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 conical, then expanded, at length umbonate, even, smooth, 

 light-red ; stem stuffed, then hollow, equal, white ; gills 



