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Saocardoa. Plant 7-8 cm. high; apex of pileus purplish, 
remainder of plant whitish. 
II. Pileus dark green or ochraceous-olive. 
serpentina. Entire fungus dingy green ; stem minutely 
squamulose. 
olivaeea. Entire fungus dingy green ; stem glabrous, base 
whitish. 
(There is a purplish-coloured variety of this species.) 
lutesoens. Entire fungus pale ochraceous-olive except base 
of stem, which is green. 
III. Pileus clear yellow to orange . 
larieina. Pileus broadly ovate or subglobose, egg-yellow. 
vitellina. Pileus cylindrical, apex narrowed, egg-yellow. 
elegans. Entirely pale yellow; stem slender, elongated, 
glabrous. 
luteola. Entirely pale yellow ; stem short, distinctly 
tomentose. 
IV. Pileus tawny-yellow , brown , or bay . 
rufa. Entire fungus 4-6 cm. high ; rufous to dingy yellow, 
cucullata. Entire fungus 1-2 cm. high ; head irregularly 
obovate, stem dark brown, crooked. 
pusilla. Entire fungus %-i cm. high ; head clavate or 
subglobose ; stem yellow, usually crooked. Growing on dead 
leaves of Pinus silvestris. 
sphaerocephala. Entire fungus under 1 mm. high ; head 
globose, stem straight. Growing on dead pine leaves. 
gracilis. Entire fungus 2-2-5 cm. high ; head orange- 
brown ; stem wavy, flesh-colour. 
sclerotipes. Entire fungus rusty-yellow, 1-2 cm. high ; 
stem springing from a small yellowish sclerotium. 
museicola. Entire fungus 1-1-5 cm. high; head subglobose, 
rugulose towards the base ; stem yellow. 
Rehmii. Entire fungus 2-3-5 cm. high ; head obovate, 
with longitudinal ribs; stem white, then yellowish. 
