Agaricaceae 



Fiammuia. The genus Flammula is not represented in our territory by a large 

 number of species. It is, nevertheless, not very sharply distinct from 

 the allied genera, Pholiota, Hebeloma and Naucoria. From Pholiota 

 it is especially separated by the slight development of the veil which is 

 merely fibrillose or entirely wanting. It never forms a persistent mem- 

 branous collar on the stem. From Hebeloma it may be distinguished 

 by the absence of a sinus at or near the inner extremity of the gills, by 

 the absence of white particles or mealiness from the upper part of the 

 stem and by the brighter or more distinctly rusty or ochraceous color of 

 the spores. From Naucoria the fleshy or fibrously fleshy stem affords 

 the most available distinguishing character. The genus belongs to the 

 Ochrosporae or ochraceous-spored series, but the spores of its species 

 vary in color from ochraceous or tawny-ochraceous to rust-color or 

 brownish-rust color. The three things to be especially kept in mind in 

 order to recognize the species are the color of the spores, the adnate 

 or decurrent but not clearly sinuate gills and the fleshy or fibrously 

 fleshy stem without a membranous ring. 



Our species are mostly of medium size, none being very small and 

 one only meriting the appellation large. They appear chiefly in late 

 summer or in autumn and grow in woods or in wooded regions either 

 on the ground or more often on decaying wood. Many are gregarious 

 or cespitose in their mode of growth. Some have a bitterish or unpleas- 

 ant flavor and none of our species has yet been classed as edible. Fries 

 arranged the species in five groups, of which the names and more 

 prominent characters are here given. Pec,$oth Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



The few species which the writer has found to be edible, and the two 

 new species found by him, were tested after the publication of the above. 

 Several of the species found are not mentioned herein for the reason that 

 a sufficient quantity was not obtained to make certain their quality as a 

 food. The bitterness, as far as observed, with which most of the species 

 are tainted disappears in cooking. 



GYMNO'TI. Veil absent, pileus dry, etc. 



F. alie'na Pk. PileilS thin, flexible, broadly convex, umbilicate, 

 dry, bare, slightly striate on the margin when old, grayish or pale 

 grayish-brown. Flesh white, fibrous. Gills thin, subdistant, bow- 

 shaped, decurrent, ochraceous-brown. Stem firm, fibrous-striate, solid, 



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