1?A FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



*** UDI. 



Flammula filia. Fr, 



Pileiis 2-3 in. across, rather fleshy, convex then plane, 

 glabrous, moist in rainy weather, but not viscid, pale reddish- 

 yellow, disc tawny; gills adnate, slightly arcuate, hence 

 with a minute decurrent tooth, rather crowded, 3-4 lines 

 broad, narrowest in front, whitish then pale tawny -yellow ; 

 stem -i-G in. long, about ^ in. thick, equal or attenuated at 

 the base, glabrous, pale yellow, flesh reddish, hollow; spores 

 tawny-orange, elliptic-fusiform, 10 x o jn. 



Agarlcus (Flammula) fiUus, Fries, Icon. Sel., vol. xi. p. 16, 

 pi. 117, fig. 1 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 169 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 432. 



On the ground in woods. 



Tall, elegant, inodorous. Stem hollow, 3-6 in. long, J in. 

 thick, equal or attenuated at the base, glabrous, becoming 

 23ale, base and inside reddish. Yeil fugacious, terminated by 

 an incomplete ring. Pileus slightly fleshy, soon flattened, 

 2—3 in. broad, naked, even, glabrous, without a viscid j^ellicle, 

 although becoming quite moist in rainy weather, gilvous, 

 disc rufescent. Flesh of the pileus white, that of the stem 

 reddish. (Fries.) 



The figure in " Illustrations " has too yellow a tone, and 

 is printed rather too dark in the pileus. (Cooke.), 



Flammula fusus. Batsch. 



Pileus 2-3 J in. across, fleshy, compact, convex, obtuse, 

 becoming plane or a little depressed, even, smooth, rather 

 Adscid, reddish tan-colour, disc darker, flesh becoming 

 yellowish, veil appendiculate ; gills rather decurrent, 3-4 

 lines broad, pallid yellow then ferruginous; stem 2 in. long, 

 about J in. thick at the a^^ex, and gradually attenuated 

 downwards into a rooting base, firm, fibrilloso-striate, pallid, 

 base sometimes dark, stuffed ; sj3ores rusty-brown, elliptical, 

 10 X 4. fx. 



Agaricus fimis, Batsch, f. 189 ; Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 247 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 169 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 433. 



Agaricus 2^omj)osus, Bolton, t. 5. 



On fallen wood and on the ground. 



Solitary or caespitose. Smell not pungent, taste mild. 

 The colour of the gills is variable, greyieh-green, &c. 



