1059. C. deeumbens Fr. (from the usually decumbent stem) a.
P . convex, gibbous or subumbonate, shining white or yellowish.
St. stuffed to hollow, subclavate, smooth, white, with a fugacious
Co. G. adnexed or adnato-rounded, white to clay and
ochreous-cinnamon.
Woods and grassy places. Autumn, i f X IJ X A in-
1060. C. rieulatus Fr. (from the cortina or veil ; rica, a veil) a.
P. convexo-plane, gibbous or umbonate, atomate, buff, brown
ochre or whitish ; marg. adpressedly silky-floccose from Co.
St. hollow, subclavate, smooth, naked, buff-white, with a slight
and imperfect pallid Z. G. adnato-rounded, subcrowded,
colour as P., tan to watery-ferruginous. Flesh palest yellow.
Woods, pine. Autumn. 2j X 2j X f in.
1061. C. tabularis Fr. (from the flat pileus; tabula, a flat board) a c.
P. convex, broadly gibbous, then plane, clay or fuscous-clay,
becoming pale ; marg. fringed with Co. St. stuffed to hollow,
equal or subclavate, white, zoned. G. emarginate, crowded,
white to clay.
Woods ; common. Sept.-Oct. 2| x 2j X J in.
1062. C. eamupus Fr. (from the frequently crooked stem ; camurus,
crooked) abc.
P. campanulato-convex, obtuse or umbonate, pallid fuscous-
hoary becoming pale pallid-yellowish; mid. darker; marg.
fringed with Co. St. subhollow, twisted, equal, white. G.
adnato-rounded or emarginate, grey-clay to subfuscous-watery-
cinnamon.
Cæspitose. Taste not remarkable; odour somewhat rancid. Woods, mixed,
oak. Sept.-Oct. 2j x 3f X A i"- Very fragile.
1063. C. diabolieus Fr. (from its doubtful position in Dermocybe) a c.
P. hemispherical, obtuse, flat, often unequal and cracked, fuscous,
crusted with grey, then smooth and fuscous-yellowish. St.
attenuate downwards, white, pale bluish-grey above. G. adnato-
emarginate, pale bluish-grey to whitish and clay.
Odour none. Woods, mixed, beech ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. iJX2X A in-
1064. C. eaninus Fr. (from its commonness; canis, a dog) abc.
P. convexo-plane, tan-sienna to fuscous-rufescent or tawny. St.
stuffed to hollow, slightly attenuate upwards, whitish, violaceous
above, zoned. G. emarginate, subdistant, bluish-grey or
purplish to cinnamon.
Edible. Mixed woods ; common. Sept.-Nov. 3f X 3f X ® in.
1065. C. myrtillinus Fr. (from its chestnut-brown colour; myrtejts,
chestnut-brown) a b.
P. convex, gibbous, plane, fuliginous, violet or dusky-brown.
St. clavato-bulbous, stuffed, whitish or pale violet. Co. obsolete.
G. adnate, amethyst-azure-blue, or pale violet to dusky, not
purple. Flesh watery fuscous or whitish.
Mixed W'oods, near trunks, beech. Sept.-Oct. 2f X 2j X f in. Greatly
resembles 138 and 139, but these have no arachnoid veil, etc.
1066. C. azureus Fr. (from the sky-blue pileus; azureus, skyblue)
a b . r J ii-éi
P. expanded, obtuse, atomate, lilac, then fuscous p d
S t stuffed, slightly attenuate upwards, smooth, striate, bright
azure then whitish, zoned. G. adnato-emarginate, bright
bluish-violet. Flesh white in P., blue in St.
Solitary. Woods, beech, amongst moss and leaves. Autumn, i f X 2f X A «■
1067. C. alboeyaneus Fr. (from the white pileus and blue g ills,
albus, white, cyaneus, sea-blue) a b . „ • ,
P convex plane, obtuse or umbonate, becoming yellowish,
fringed with Co. St. subclavate, stuffed, whitish, zoned. G.
emarginate, crowded, bluish-purple to subochreous.
Sometimes cæspitose. Woods, beech. Sept. 2f X 4j X -fg.
1068. C. anomalus Fr. (from the colour of all its parts being very
changeable; anomalus, irregular) abc .
P convex, expanded, gibbous or subumbonate, fuliginous or
olive-shaded to rufescent, then yellowish with ochreous-sienna
mid. St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate upwards, fibrillose or
scaly, whitish, then palest yellow, zoned. G. adnato-emarginate,
crowded, thin, violaceous to cinnamon.
Gregarious. Odour none. Woods ; common. Aug.-Oct. 2 fX 2 ixA « -
1069. C. spilomeus Fr. (from the spotted pileus and stem ; Gr. spUos,
P cMnvei, Expanded, gibbous, rufescent to clay-colour spotted
with reddish-tawny sc. 5/. hollow, almost equal white-hlac
above, pale yellowish below, with many zones of reddish tawny
sc. G. adnato- or adnexo-emarginate, crowded, thin, bluish-
grey or violaceous to watery cinnamon.
Subcæspitose. Woods ; uncommon. Oct. 2 X 3Î X § m.
1070. C. lepidopus Cooke (from the fibrillose zones round the stem;
Gr. lepis, a scale, pous, a foot) ab .
P. convex, flat, slightly depressed, shining umber ; mid. becoming
rufescent • marg. steel-grey or pale violet. St. clavate, becoming
hollow, violet or steel-grey above, whitish below,
centric biscuit-coloured zones. G. adnato-rounded, thin, violet
to cinnamon, or olive-shaded.
Gregarious or fasciculate. Woods, amongst heath. Sept.-Oct.
2f X 4 X J in. Perhaps a form of 1064.
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