** Gills purplish, then clay-colored.
C. va´rius (Schaeff.) Fr.—varius, changeable. Pileus 2 in. and more broad, bright ferruginous-tawny, compact, hemispherico-flattened, very obtuse, regular, slightly viscid, even, smooth, the thin margin at first incurved, appendiculate with the cortina. Flesh firm, white. Stem curt, 1½-2½ in. long, 1 in. and more thick, bulbous, absolutely immarginate, compact, shining white, adpressedly flocculose, the superior veil pendulous. Gills emarginate, thin, somewhat crowded, at first narrow, violaceous-purplish, then broader and ochraceous-cinnamon, always quite entire.
Variable in stature, but the habit and colors are always unchangeable. It varies with the stem taller and somewhat equal, the pileus yellow-tawny, and the gills dark blue. Fries.
In woods. Uncommon. September to November. Stevenson.
Minnesota; Ohio.
Edible. Cooke, 1891.
B. Scau´ri.
* Gills whitish then cinnamon.
C. intru´sus Pk. Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex, then expanded, glabrous, somewhat viscid when moist, even or radiately wrinkled on the margin, yellowish or buff, sometimes with a reddish tint. Flesh white. Lamellæ thin, close, rounded behind, at first whitish or creamy-white, then cinnamon, often uneven on the edge. Stem equal or slightly tapering either upward or downward, stuffed or hollow, sometimes beautifully striate at the top only or nearly to the base, minutely floccose when young, soon glabrous, white. Spores broadly elliptical, brownish-cinnamon, 6–8×4–5µ.
Pileus 1–2.5 in. broad. Stem 1–3 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.