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687. F. fusus Gill, (from the spindle-shaped stem ; fusus, a spindle) a. 

 P. plane, depressed, whitish-brown ; mid. sienna. St. stuffed, 



whitish above, pale brown below. G. subdecurrent, ferruginous. 



Solitary, gregarious, sometimes ctespitose. Taste mild. Woods, stumps, 

 on the ground. Sept. -Nov. 4 X 2 J x in. Var. sitperba Mass., bright 

 deep orange ; G. bright yellow. 



688. F. astragalina Quel. (from its colour ; Gr. astragalinos, a gold- 



finch) a b. 



P. expanded, blood-saffron ; mid. almost vermilion ; marg. 

 yellow, with fibrillose sulphur-white V. when young. St. hollow, 

 saffron ; base darker. G. sinuato-adnate, white, sulphur, then 

 yellowish-brown or olive-shaded, flesh saffron. 



Taste and odour bitter, nauseous, as in 69. Stumps, pine, fir. Aug.-Oct. 

 i X 3^ X J in. Sometimes turns black when cut or bruised. 



688a. F. rubieundula Sacc. (from the vinous stains ; rubicundulus , 



somewhat reddish) a b. 



P. fleshy, convex, plane, viscid and innato-fibrillose, then smooth, 

 yellow, becoming vinous-shaded ; marg. paler. St. solid, 

 whitish then red-shaded, white-mealy above. G. sinuato- 

 adnate to adnato-decurrent, crowded, light ochre then ferru- 

 ginous ; edges reddening with age. Flesh bright yellow, then 

 lighter. 



Taste acrid; odour none. Woods, under scrub-oak. July- Sept. 

 3 X 4^ X T 9 ff in. Allied to 688. 



689. F. alnieola Quel. (from its frequent habitat ; alnus, alder) 



a b c. 



P. flat, sulphur-yellow ; mid. sienna ; marg. clouded sulphur- 

 greenish. St. attenuato-rooting, sulphur-yellow above, sienna 

 below, sometimes with an imperfect fibrillose A. G. adnate 

 with a small tooth, bright ferruginous. Flesh sulphur-yellow. 

 Spores umber. 



Usually fasciculate. Taste and odour strong, dry-insipid, bitter or acrid. On 

 or near stumps, alder, willow, oak, thorn, birch, sallow ; rare. Sept. -Oct. 

 2 i X 4i X i in- 



690. F. flavida Quel. (flavns, light yellow) a b c. 



P. expanded ; mid. darker yellow. St. colour as P., ferruginous 

 at base. A. slight, fibrillose, fugitive. G. adnate, tawny- 

 ferruginous. Flesh light-yellowish. 



Crespitose, sometimes in large clusters. Tasteless or insipid. Woods, 

 stumps, fir, lime, on the ground ; frequent. Aug. -Nov. 3^ x 3$ X y\ in. 



691. F. inaurata Sacc. (from the colour ; inanro, to gild) a b c. 



P. expanded, sulphur-ochreous ; marg. appendiculate with V. St. 

 lemon-white, ferruginous within at base. V. slight, fibrillose, 

 fugitive. G. adnate with a tooth, pale yellowish clay-colour, 

 then vinous-clay. 



Single or ccespitose. Tasteless or insipid. Willows. Nov. I X if X ^ in. 



