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JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 



melleus, honey-yellow, is dingier and less yellow ; 



luridus, sallow or wan, is still paler and less yellow, almost like that 



which builders call "stone-color/' 

 Bhaharbarinus is the light brownish yellow of Turkey rhubarb. 

 IsahelUnus is a light brownish yellow or dirty cream color. 

 Cervicolor, cervinus and hinnuleus all seem to mean the same thing 



(fawn-color.) 



Ictericus or icterinus denotes a brownish, ochery yellow color known 

 to artists as ''gall-stone," only with an inclination to a dirty 

 green. 



Of Red Browns 



lateritius is the brightest, the color of old red tiles. 

 Testaceus, brick-colored, is a reddish brown or rusty bay, almost 

 Venetian red. 



Fitlvus is tawny, the color of a lion, and is also known as leoninus 



a-id UozJiTomm. 

 Helvus is a light bay, or "cow-color," like vaccinus. 

 Badius is a reddish brown, the color of a "bay" horse ; 

 spadiceus, date-brown, is a duller and darker shade. 

 HepaticU'S, liver-colored, is a darker and redder brown than bay. 

 Ustalis denotes a warm, reddish bay, between red ochre and bri)wn 



madder. 



Of True Browns 



brumieus, Vandyke-brown, is the type. 

 Coffeatus, like roasted coffee, is very similar. 

 Ligneo-hrunneus is a lighter or wood brown. 



Umhrinusis a dark brown, brown umber, the color of a "brown" 

 horse. 



Of Reds 



carneus is the palest, with Carneolus and incarnatus, flesh-colored. 



Boseus and rosaceus imply a rosy pink ; 



rosellus seems to mean inclined to pink. 



Coccineus, cochineal red, is a deeper scarlet, carmine. 



Sanguineus, blood-red, is nearly similar. 



Bufus, ruber and I'ussus are less pure reds. 



Bubescens is merely becoming red. 



Bubellus, rufidulus, rufulus are reddish. 



Bubens is a brick-red ; rutilus, rutilans a purplish brick-red. 



Ferritgineus and rubiginosus rust-red. 



Puniceus is an almost purple red. 



Blues. 



Ccei^leus is a pale blue azure. 



Azureus, lamlinus, and cyaneus are rather ultramarine. 

 Cyanellus is almost a sky blue. 



