Flammula AGARICACEvE 1 49 



674. F. floeeifera Sacc. (from the white fibrils on the pileus ; floccus, 



a flock of wool, /ero, to carry) a. 



P. expanded, tawny. St. hollow, attenuate downwards, white- 

 silky, pale ochreous below. G. adnate, wrinkled, ferruginous 

 with a white edge. 



Csespitose. Lime-stumps. Oct. 2 x ij X ^ in. 



675. F. deeipiens Sacc. (from its likeness to 685 ; decipio, to deceive) 



a b c. 



P. convex, subumbonate, sienna ; mid. almost white. St. stuffed, 



attenuate downwards, striate, tawny. G. decurrent, crowded, 



sienna. Flesh yellowish. 



Subfasciculate. Burnt gorse-stumps ; in company with 685. June. i£ X 

 if X I in. 



676. F. elitopila Sacc. (from the depressed pileus ; Gr. klitos, a 



declivity) a b. 



P. expanded, dry, pale purplish-brown, becoming whitish. St. 

 hollow, subventricose, attenuate downwards, slightly fibrillose 

 towards base, at first white then paler than P. A. imperfect, 

 fibrillose. G. sinuato-adnexed, crowded, colour as St. 



Amongst firs. Nov. 2J X z\ X f in. 



677. F. nitens Sacc. (from the shining pileus ; nite/is, shining) a b. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, dry, silky, deep purple-brown or deep 



bright chestnut. St. solid, fibrillose, reddish-salmon. G. 



adnate, crowded, clay-umber. Flesh salmon-white. 



Caespitose. Taste and odour none. On the ground. Aug. -Sept. 

 if X 2J x § in. 



b. Lubriece. 



678. F. lenta Gill, (leutus, tough) a b e. 



P. plane, obtuse, whitish, clay-colour to lemon-white. V. white, 



stretching from marg. to St. in infancy. St. substuffed, paler 



than P., pale rufous below, white-scaly. G. adnate, sinuate or 



decurrent, ferruginous. Flesh white to pale sulphur, brownish 



at base of St. 



Sometimes casspitose. Woods, mixed, beech, oak, fir, on wood, leaves, on 

 the ground, meadows. Sept. -Dec. 2| x i\ X \ in. See 649. 



679. F. lubriea Quel, (from the slimy pileus ; lubricus, slimy) a. 



P. flat, obtuse or depressed ; mid. deep sienna ; marg. orange- 

 yellow. St. solid, laxly fibrillose, white above, -fuscous below. 

 G. adnate or with a decurrent tooth, clay-colour. 



Almost scentless. On or near trunks. Autumn. 2\ X 2J X ^ in. 



680. F. lupina Karst. (from the colour of the pileus ; lupus, a 



wolf) a c. 

 P. obtuse, then piano-depressed, tawny. St. stuffed, whitish 



above, ferruginous and adpressed-fibrillose below. G. adnato- 



decurrent, light yellowish. Flesh white. 

 Taste bitter ; odour mild to strong and pungent. Pastures. Aug. -Oct. 



i£ X 2l x I in. 



