Part 43 (1/2)

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 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.

[=amethysteus=, Q. P. thick, egg-yellow, edge flocculose violet flesh-colour; g. reticulate, yellow; s. obconic, colour of p.; sp. 11 long.

=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 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 5.

Poisonous. Perhaps should be placed under _c.l.i.tocybe_.

[=hypnorum=, Brond. P. campan. tomentose, yellowish or pale ochre; g.

decur. branched, yellow; s. slender, solid, wavy, almost glabrous, yellowish.

[=rufescens=, Fr. P. plano-depr. almost glabrous, gilvous, thin; g.

crowded, thin; s. elongated, stuffed, narrowed upwards.

[=olidus=, Q. (= _C. rufescens_, Q. not Fr.) P. fleshy, edge downy, white, convex then cyathiform, flesh white then pinkish; g. decur.

pinkish; s. rosy; sp. 3-4 long.

Taste sweetish. Smell of burnt sugar when dry.

[=brachypodes=, Chev. P. thin, infundib. almost glabrous, fuscous; the short stuffed stem and straight gills yellowish.

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

Gills very narrow, vein-like, hardly decur.

[=subdenticulatus=, Mont. Small, entirely apricot colour. P. rather scurfy, convex and umb. then subdepr. edge spinously toothed; gills fold-like, thickish, decur.; s. solid, flocculose above, base narrowed; sp. globose.

[=parvus=, Otth. P. infundib. fibrously scaly, brownish-grey; g.

fold-like, scarcely prominent, yellowish; s. slender, twisted, greyish-yellow, sulcate.

=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 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.