68 AGARIClNt. 



F. Highlandensis. Pk. 



Pileus, fleshy, thin, convex, becoming nearly plane, gla- 

 brous, viscose, yellowish red, paler on the inflexed margin, 

 flesh white. 



Gills, close, adnate, decurrent, with a tooth, pale, or 

 yellowish when young, becoming ferruginous. 



Stem, equal, stuffed, or hollow, fibrillose and minutely 



floccose, squamulose, yellow, spores elliptical .00024 to .0003 



inch long, .00016 broad. 



P'ound in a lawn near a burned or charred stump, and determined by 

 Prof. Peck. 



F. rigida. Pk. 



Pileus, thin, rather firm and rigid, convex, plane, gla- 

 brous, hygrophanous, rusty tawny when moist, buff or pale 

 tan when dry. 



Gills, adnate, white, rusty, with spores. 



Stem, rigid, slightly striated with a tomentose base — one to 



one and a half inches broad. 



Grows on chips. Found specimens in one locality from October to 

 April. It ought to be named frigida instead of rigida, for it can bear any 

 amount of cold. 



F. flavida. Pers. 



Pileus, fleshy, broadly convex, or nearly plane, glabrous, 

 moist, pale yellow ; flesh white or yellowish, taste bitter. 



Gills, adnate, yellowish, becoming ferruginous. 



Stem, equal, more or less curved, hollow, fibrillose, whitish 

 or pale yellow, with a w^hite mycelium at base. 



Pileus one to two inches broad. 



Found on decaying logs in open woods. Minesite woods. July and 

 August. 



*t3" 



F. sapinea. Fr. Bright-colored Flammula, 

 Pileus, convex, plane, finely flocco-squamulose. 



