shilling, feiTuginons-bay (brick-red when dry). Stem rather hollow,
rigid, equal, somewhat twisted, silvery. Gills adnate, crowded, quite
entire, taivny, becoming purple when wounded.— Coolce Illu s. t. 867.
In damp pine woods.
Distinctive by becoming purple when brnised. Spores 15-16 x 8 y.
1 0 2 4 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) d ilu tu s. Pers. Syn. 300.
Dilu'tus — diluted, weak. From the pileus soon losing colour.
Pilcus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, sub-umbonate, smooth,
even, opaque, light yellowish-red ; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft,
p a lh d , thickened at the base, veil fibrillose; gills emarginate,
adnexed, broad, crowded, pallid cinnamon.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 389.
Cooke Illus. t. 810.
In woods.
Pilens abont 2 in. broad. Gills 3-4 lines. Spores 8 x 5 y (8x4 y G.M.).
** Stem and gills commonly becoming violet.
1 0 2 5 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) sa tu in in u s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 390.
Saturni'nus = o i Saturn, gloomy, dark.
Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate, then expanded, smooth, moist,
dark bay (testaceous when dry), becoming discoloured, silky at the
margin ¡with the white fibrillose v e il; stem stuffed, even, violet,
incrassated a t the base, gills adnexed, thin, crowded, purplish, then
watery cinnamon.— Goo/;« Illus. t. 828.
In grassy places.
Pileus 2-3 in. broad. Stem 2-3 in. long, J-1 iu. tbiok, gills broad, reaching
to 4 lines.
1 0 2 6 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) im b u tu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 390.
/mS'iites = moistened, stained : “ caro sordida” (Pries).
Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse, smooth, gilvous (growing pale
when dry), rather fibrillose abont the thin margin; stem solid,
equal, even, whitish, violet at the apex ; gills adnate, rather distant,
broad, greyish violet, then cinnamon.— Couke Ulus. t. 870.
In woods.
Stem 3 in. long. Spores 7-8 x 4-5 y.
1 0 2 7 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) ca stan eu s.
BuU. Champ, t. 268.
Castan'eus = chestnut.
Pileus somewhat fleshy, 6rm, campanulate or convex, then expanded
or gibbous, even, chestnut (shining when dry) ; stem cartilaginous,
stuffed, then hollow, even, violaceous, or pallid-rufescent ;
veil white, fibrillose ; gills fixed, ventricose, rather crowded, violet,
then ferruginous.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 391. Cooke Illu s t, 842.
In woods and gardens. Common. Esculent.
Variable in size and form. Stem 1 in. long, 2-3 lines thick. Spores
8 X 5 jU.
1 0 2 8 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) b ic o lo i. Cooke OreviUea XYI., 45.
Fi'color = of two colours.
Pileus ra th e r fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, broadly, or
occasionally rather acutely umbonate (1 - 2 in. diam.), somewhat
fragile, dingy whitish, with an occasional tinge of lilac, even,
smooth, silky, shining, flesh thin, colour of the pileus, or paler.
Stem equal, or attenuated downwards (about 2 in. long, j in. thick),
pallid violet, becoming whitish, solid. Flesh bright purplish-violet
at the base, pallid above. Gills adnate, with a tooth, sub-ventn-
cose, slightly eroded at tbe edge, rather broad, scarcely crowded,
purplish-violet, then cinnamon. Spores elliptical, a little attenuated
towUds one or both ends, 12-14 X 6-7 p. Veil fugacious, white.
— Cooke Illu s. t. 871.
On the ground in mixed woods.
To this s p e c i e s evidently belong tbe specimens figured in “ Illustrations,”
pl. 820, f. B., under the name of C. quadricolor, from which species it diiiers
considerably.
* * Stem and almost obsolete veil yellow or rufous.
1 0 2 9 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) b a la u stin u s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 391.
Balaust'inus, from paXavcrnor = the flower of the wild pomegranate.
From the coloration.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, moist, virgate ivitli
innate fibrils, smooth, reddish ferruginous (tawny, bnck-red and
shining when dry) ; stem solid, conically attennated, hbrillosely
striate, pallid, then becoming without and within tawny-lerru-
ginons ; gills adnate, broad behind, rath er crowded, ferruginous-
red.— Cooke Illus. t. 794.
In beech woods.
Spores 8 x 4-5 y.
1 0 3 0 . C o itin a iiu s (Hydiocybe) co in s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 391.
Gol'us = a distaff; then, the thread spun. From the character
of the stem.
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, somewhat gibbous, smooth, Jz’Otim,
becoming reddish (paler and shining when dry) ; stem solid, attenuated
upwards, rigid, naked, longitudinally fibrillose-striate,