slightly striate, white or yellowish; gills rounded, free, hroad,
equal, shining, with the edge bright yellow.—Kromb. t. 66.
/ . 8-11.
In woods. Bristol, C. E. Broome. One of the handsomest
of the genus. Pileus bright-orange, etc.
20. R. deoolorans, F r .; mild; pilous fleshy, firm, spherical,
then expanded or depressed, polished, thin, pelliculose,
turning pale; margin thin, even, fleshy and spongy; stem
solid, elongated, rngoso-striate, cylindrical, white, changing to
cinereous; gills furcato-adnexed, thin, crowded, white, then
yellowish.
In woods. Northamptonshire. September 16, 1837. Pileus
scarlet above, 5 inches across; stem 4J inches high, I j
thick.
21. B. nitida, Fr.; nauseous, rather fetid; pileus slightly
fleshy, at length rigid, convexo-plane, then depressed, shining;
margin thin, from the first striate and tuberculate; flesh white;
stem stufied, soft, white, becoming pallid; gills adnexed and
seceding, thin, crowded, shining, white, then yellow. (Plate
13, fig. 7.)—Kromb. t. 66. /. 1-3.
In woods. King’s Cliffe. Small. Pileus variable in colour.
22. E. alutacea, F r .; mild; pileus fleshy, obtuse, expanded
or depressed, viscoso-pelliculose, changing colour;
margin thin, at length striate, tuherculated; flesh white;
stem stout, spongy, solid, white or red, even; gills at first
free, thick, equal, rather distant, tan-coloured from the first.
(Plate 13, fig. 8.)
In woods. Very common. Esculent. Easily known by
its large size, mild taste, and gills, which are yellow in every
stage of growth.
23. E. lutea, F r .; mild; pileus rather firm, piano-depressed,
pelliculoso-viscid, turning pale; flesh white;, margin
even; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, white; gills free,
crowded, connected by veins, egg-yellow.—A. luteus, FFuds.
In woods. Scotland, Klotzsch. Small. Pileus yellow.
24. E. vitellina, F r .; strong-scented, mild; pileus suh-
memhranaceons, self-coloured, at length tuberculato-striate ;
disc minute, slightly fleshy; stem slender; gills distant, connected
by veins, nearly free, equal, saffron-yellow.—Batsch,
/• 72.
In fir-woods, etc. Not uncommon. A small species, scarcely
exceeding an inch in diameter, with a short slender stem.
Pileus mostly yellow, occasionally tinged with purple. Not,
I think, always strong-scented.
10. CANTHAEELLUS, Fr.
Hymenophorum inferior, confluent with the floccose trama.
Gills thick, swollen, somewhat branched. Edge obtuse.
1. C. cibarius, Fr.; egg-yellow; pileus fleshy, at first
curved, smooth, at length turbinate; stem solid, attenuated
downwards; gills thick, distant, of the same colour.—Grev.
t. 258.
In woods. Common. Esculent. Smell like that of ripe
apricots. Taste agreeable, but pungent. There is a white variety
of this, as also of the next.
2. C. aurantiaous, F r .; of a more or less decided orange;
pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, tomentose, unequal, as well as
the stuffed stem ; gills crowded, straight, darker than the
pileus. (Plate 14, fig. 1.)
In fir-woods and on heaths. Common. Smaller than the
last, often extremely beautiful. Stem frequently black at the
base. Scarcely esculent.
3. C. Brownii, B. and B r .; ochraceous-white or cream- I I .