152 AGARICACEyE Flammula 



692. F. eonissans Gill, (from its abundant dust-like spores ; Gr. 



ko?iis, dust) a b c. 

 P. flat, subdepressed, light yellowish-tan or pale bronzy-ochre. 

 St. attenuate downwards, lighter than P., ferruginous below, 

 base white-villous. G. adnate with a tooth, crowded, fuscous- 

 ferruginous. Flesh white. 



Densely caespitose. Taste and odour none or acid. Woods, willows. Oct.- 

 Nov. 7.\ x 4 x \ in. Often passed over as 826. 



693. F. inopus Karst. (from its fibrillose stem ; Gr. is, inos, a fibre, 



pons, a foot) a b c. 



P. expanded, obtuse, pale yellowish-tan or sulphur ; mid. sienna. 



St. fistulose, attenuato-rooting, pallid above, sienna-brown below 



within and without, sometimes with a fibrillose A. when young. 



G. adnate, yellowish-white, pale olive-brown or sulphur-greenish, 



sometimes fuscous. Flesh paler than P. 



Fasciculate. Woods, stumps, fir, larch, rooting amongst pine-leaves, on the 

 ground ; rare. Vernal and Aug.-Dec. 3 X 8J x T 5 B in. Must not be 

 confounded with 824. 



694. F. apierea Gill, (from its taste ; Gr. apikros, not bitter) a. 



P. expanded, pale ochreous-tan ; mid. sienna. St. hollow, colour 

 as P., fibrillose, ferruginous below. G. adnate or adnato- 

 decurrent, ferruginous. 



Subcaespitose. Odour mild. Woods, pine, trunks. Sept.-Oct. 

 42 X 3i X T 7 <j in. 



d. Sapi?iece. 



695. F. hybrida Gill, (from its hybrid characters) a b c. 



P. flat, obtuse or subdepressed, tawny-buff, orange or sienna. St. 

 attenuate upwards, tan-brownish, brownish below. G. adnate, 

 tawny or rufous, unspotted. Flesh yellowish or brownish. 



Subcaespitose or in troops. Fir, stumps, branches, under beeches, on saw- 

 dust and wood ; rare. Aug.-Dec. 2J x 2.\ X \ in. 



696. F. sapinea Quel, (from its growing on pine-wood ; sapi?ius, a 



pine) a b c. 



P. flat, golden-tawny or orange-vermilion ; mid. darker ; marg. 

 appendiculate with white V. in young examples. St. sulcate, 

 orange or fuscous-white above, white or brown below. A. 

 fibrillose, fugitive. G. adnate, colour as P. or tawny- 

 cinnamon. 



Single or csespitose. Taste unpleasant, bitter ; odour strong, not unpleasant. 

 Fir-stumps, branches, sawdust, wood, in and near woods, sometimes on 

 the ground, under beeches and larches. Aug.-Jan. 2§ x 3J X | in. 

 Var. terrestris Sacc, fusiform-rooting. 



697. F. liquiritise Quel, (from its taste of liquorice) a c. 



P. flat, subumbonate, bay-brown or orange-tawny ; mid. darker. 



St. hollow, attenuate upwards, striate, tawny or ferruginous. 



G. adnate or sinuate, golden or tawny. 

 Gregarious or caespitose. Taste sweet ; odour acid. Firs. Oct. 



1$ X 2.1 X T 3 6 in. 



