CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 187 



513. Flammula lenta IV. 



Syst. Myc, L82JL 



Illustrations: Cooke, 111.. PL 139 and 1 10. 

 <Jillct. Champignons de Prance, No. 284. 

 Ricken, Blatterpilze, PL ">7. Pig. ::. 



PILEUS 3-7 cm. broad, linn, convex-expanded, obtnse, glutinous, 

 <lottcd toward margin with scattered, concentric, superficial, fibril- 

 lose scales, or glabrous and white-silky on the incurved margin, 

 dingy white to huff, brownish-tan on disk, even. FLESH pallid, 

 Blightly thiek. (I1LLS adnate-subd ecu r rent, rather narrow, close, 

 white at first then pale alutaceous. bull-color, edge minutely white- 



Aocculose. STEM 4-7 cm. long, 8-11 mm. thick, varying equal, taper- 

 ing down or subbulbous, stuffed then narrowly tubular, firm, Hoc 

 cose-pruinose at apex, floccose-scaly up to the obsolete annulus, 

 white, becoming brownish toward base in age. SPOKES elliptical, 

 slightly curved, smooth, pale, 5-7x3.5-4 ruicr., grayish-brown in 

 mass. CYSTIDIA abundant on sides and edge of gills, lanceolate, 

 ventrieose, obtuse at apex, 50-55 x 12 micr., deep in the subhymen- 

 ium. ODOR and TASTE slight. 



On decaying logs or on the ground among debris in conifer 

 woods. New Richmond. September. Infrequent. 



Known by its pale color, glutinous cap and the remnants of the 

 whitish cortina on the margin of the cap or on the stem. It differs 

 from F. lubrica mainly in color, especially in the color of the gills. 

 It. is seldom reported in this country, although very abundant in 

 Europe. The flesh is white. Hebeloma glutinosum also has a 

 glutinous, scaly-dotted pileus, but the gills are said to be emargi- 

 nate, and the flesh of the stem to become blackish toward the base. 

 (Ricken. Blatterpilze.) In drier weather the pileus is less viscid 

 and may appear to be entirely naked. 1 1 is easily mistaken for a 

 Hebeloma because of its pale jjills and its frequent development 

 on the ground. Hebeloma parvifructum I'k. may be a form of this 

 species, although Peck does not report any cystidia. 



