Part 51

Differs from P. applicatus in black p. with white down, and dark g.

*** Pileus membranaceous, not viscid.

=Hobsoni=, B. P. 4-7 mm. reniform or semicircular, horizontal, pale grey, downy; g. radiating, pallid; sp. ----.

Differs from P. applicatus in being plane.

=striatulus=, Fr. P. 3-4 mm. very thin, pale grey, slightly cup-shaped, striate, glabrous; g. few, distant.

Allied to P. striatulus.

var. cinereus, Karst. Entirely pale grey or glaucous.

=hypnophilus=, B. P. 3-6 mm. very thin, flat, white, rather reniform, nearly smooth; g. radiating, distant, simple; sp. 5 x 3.

Resembling Claudopus variabilis, but gills and spores white.

=chioneus=, Pers. Snow white. P. 2-3 mm. very thin, subresupinate, downy; s. short, downy, evanescent; g. rather broad; sp. 10 long.

P. septicus is larger; s. more distinct; p. thicker.

Differs from P. hypnophilus in downy pileus.

CANTHARELLUS, Adans.

A. MESOPUS. Pileus entire. Stem central.

* Pileus and stem fleshy and solid.

=cibarius=. Every part opaque yellowish-buff. P. 3-7 cm. wavy then turbinate, glabrous; g. thick, distant; s. 3-5 cm. narrowed below; sp. 9 x 5-6.

Edible. Smell none when fresh, like apricots when kept for some time. Sometimes all whitish.

var. rufipes, Gillet. Flesh pale ochraceous, s. rufous at base.

=Friesii=, Q. P. 2-3 cm. convex then depr. villose, somewhat orange; g. fold-like, branched, yellow; s. 2 cm. slender, downy, base white, narrowed; sp. 6-7 x 2-3.

With gills of C. cibarius and habit of C. aurantiacus.

=aurantiacus=, Fr. P. 2-4 cm. thin, depr. soft, subtomentose, dingy orange then pale; g. crowded, dichotomous, orange, rather broad; s. 1-2 cm. expanding upwards, orange, base often dark; sp. 10 x 5.

Poisonous. Perhaps should be placed under Clitocybe.

Taste sweetish. Smell of burnt sugar when dry.

=Brownii=, B. and Br. P. rather fleshy, convex, subumb. pale ochre then reddish; g. very narrow, simple or forked, whitish; s. 3-5 cm. slender, tough; sp. 7 x 5.

Gills very narrow, vein-like, hardly decur.

=carbonarius=, A. and S. P. 3-6 cm. umbil. bay then blackish, striato-squamulose; g. straight, narrow, white; s. 2.5 cm. paler than p. rooting; sp. 14-15 x 7-8.

Fasciculate, 2-3 pilei often appearing to spring from a branched stem.

=umbonatus=, Fr. P. 1.5-2.5 cm. thin, umb. then depr. flocculose, blackish grey; s. 5-7 cm. equal, paler; g. straight, crowded, white; sp. 10 x 4-5.