FLAMMULA. 141 



Flammula nitens. Cke. & Mass. 



Caespitose. Pileus 1-1^ in. across, hemispherical, obtus&, 

 shining, dry, somewhat silky, dark purple-brown, not 

 becoming pale; gills adnate, crowded, 2—3 lines broad^ 

 margin entire, pallid then umber; stem 2-3 in. long, 4-5 

 lines thick, equal, fibrillose, incurved, pale pinkish-brown, 

 solid; spores almond-shaped, 10 x o-6 fx. 



Agaricus (^Flammula) nitens, Cooke & Massee, Grev., vol. 

 xviii. p. 52 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 375 ; Cke., Illustr. SuppL, pi. 

 1154. 



On the ground. Caespitose. Readily known by the 

 distinct colour of the pileus and the stout, solid stem. 



***** SERICELLI. 



Flammula ochrochlora. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded, obtusely 

 umbonate, dry, silky, minutely squamulose, greenish straw- 

 colour then pallid; flesh white then greenish; gi] Is adnate, 

 crowded, 1-1^ lines broad, whitish then green, at length 

 olive; stem 2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, hollow, attenuated 

 upwards, often curved and flexuous, scaly and also with 

 whitish flocci, thin, within and at the base, ferruginous ; veil 

 evident in the young stage (of the HypJioloma type), w^hite; 

 spores elliptical, clear, ferruginous, 8 x 4 /x. 



Agaricus {Flammula) oclirochlorus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 301 ; 

 Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 252 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 172 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 616. 



On old trunks, furze roots, &c. 



Caespitose. Stature and habit of HypJioloma fasciciilaris,. 

 but distinguished by the clear ferruginous spores. (Fries.) 



riammula helomorpha. Fr. 



Pileus |-1 in. across, rather fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 unequal, gibbous, viscid, dry, minutely silky, margin thin, 

 unequal, incurved, white; gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, 

 1-1 -J line broad, white then tan-colour; stem 1 in. long, 2 

 lines thick, unequal, curved, ascending, even, almost glabrous, 

 whitish, solid; veil absent; spores elliptical, tan-colour, 

 10 X 6 /x. 



