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1133. C. privignus Fr. (from its being fragile in a non-fragile group ;
privignns, a stepson) a b.
P. obtusely umbonate, flat, reflexed, hygrophanous, fuscous to tan.
St. stuffed to hollow, equal, silky with V. and Z. G. rounded-
adnate, not crowded, watery- then opaque-cinnamon.
Taste scarcely acrid. Odour strong, unpleasant. Woods, pine, oak, damp
places. Oct. 2 j X 2 X J in.
1134. C. duraeinus Fr. (from its firmness; dttrus, hard, acinus, a
berry) a b.
P. obtusely umbonate, pale brick-colour or sienna to tan, or mid.
sienna and marg. tan ; marg. clad with V. St. solid, ventricose,
attenuato-rooting, imperfectly zoned. G. adnate or emarginate,
ventricose, pale cinnamon or whitish-sienna.
Woods, old pastures, near stumps. A u g .-O c t. 2 j X 3 X J in.
1135. C. illuminus Fr. (dark, as contrasted with the allied non-British
C. candelaris ; illuminus, dark) a b.
P . gibbous, or subumbonate, pale brick-red, or orange with mid.
orange-sienna to tan. St. stuffed, equal or slightly attenuate
upwards, silky-fibrillose, pallid or tan-ochre, or white above and
ochre to sienna below. Z. ochre. G. adnate, subcrowded, subdistant,
pallid to cinnamon or whitish-sienna.
Woods, pine. Sept. i j X 2 | X A in.
1136. C. tortuosus Fr. (from the somewhat twisted stem; tortuosus,
twisted) a b.
P. gibbous, ferruginous-bay to brick-red, or warm-tan with mid.
and marg. somewhat dark crimson-umber, purple or turkey-red
when bruised. St. stuffed, equal, silvery, spotted with white
imperfect zones. G. adnate, crowded, tawny, purple or turkey-
red when bruised.
Woods, pine, damp places. Autumn. 2 j x 4 i X f in.
1137. C. dilutus Fr. (from the watery colour, dilutus) a.
P. obtuse or subumbonate, opaque bay-brown or pale brick-red
to tan ; marg. white-silky and fringed with V. St. stuffed,
equal, silky-white. G. deeply emarginate, ventricose, crowded,
pale cinnamon or brownish-ochre.
Odour none. Woods ; rare. Nov. i f X 2§ X A in.
1138. C. saturninus Fr. (from its colour ; saturninus, gloomy) a b.
P. obtuse or umbonate, dark bay-brown or umber, soon pale ;
marg. silky and appendiculate with V. St. stuffed to hollow,
attenuate upwards, deep violet or purple to pale dove-grey,
partially white-zoned. G. rounded-adfixed or emarginate,
crowded, thin, pale purple-grey to purplish and ferruginous.
Sometimes subcæspitose. Odour faint. Grassy places. O c t.-N o v .
3j X X 4 in.
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.
Subcæspitose. Woods. Sept. 3 I x 2 x 4 in.
1139a. C. seiophyllus Fr. (from the dusky gills ; Gr. skia, shade,
phullon, a leaf) a.
P. thin, convexo-expanded, obtuse, blue-purple-slate, paler towards
marg. ; mid. fleshy ; edge narrow, silky white ; Co. wLite.
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 cæspitose. Under beeches. Autumn, i j X 2 | X 4 in.
1140. C. eastaneus Fr. (from its colour ; castanea, a chestnut) abc .
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 cæspitose. Edible. Taste like that o f 1 394 or 7 9 2 ;
odour none or fungoid. Woods, pastures, gardens, on the ground, rarely
on -wood ; common. June-Nov. l | X 2 f X A 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. A u g .-O c t. 2 j X 24 X § in.
1142. C. balaustinus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, like the
flower of the pomegranate, Gr. batausiion) 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. 2J X 2| X A « •
1143. C. eolus Ft . (from the fibrillose stem ; cohis, 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 3 I X A « •