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cells, subventricose, sometimes nearly cylindrical, abruptly narrowed at each end 

 with a slight sinus around the middle. 



Spores subovate to subelliptical, subinequilateral, smooth, 7-9x4-5^, fuscous 

 ferruginous, dull ochraceous under microscope. 



Stem same color as pileus but paler, cartilaginous ; floccose from loose 

 threads or, in some cases, abundant threads over the surface; becoming hollow, 

 base bulbous, the extreme base covered with whitish mycelium. 



Veil rather thick, floccose, disappearing, leaving remnant on stem and margin 

 of pileus when fresh. Atkinson. 



Dr. Kellerman and I found this plant growing on living sphagnum, other 

 mosses and on rotten wood on Cranberry Island, in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. Figure 

 229 will illustrate its mode of growth, and the older plant with upturned cap will 

 show the conspicuous clay-brown scales of the. pileus. The plants are found in 

 September and October. 



Flammula. Fr. 



Flammula means a small flame; so called because many of the species have 

 bright colors. The spores are ferruginous, sometimes light yellow. The cap 

 is fleshy and at first usually inrolled, bright colored; veil filamentous, often 

 wanting. The gills are decurrent or attached with a tooth. The stem is fleshy, 

 fibrous, and of the same character as the cap. 



The species of the Flammula are mostly found on wood. A few are found 

 on the ground. 



Flammula Havida. Schaeff. 

 The Yellow Flammula. 



Flavida means yellow. 



The pileus is fleshy, convex, expanded, plane, equal smooth, moist, margin 

 at first inrolled. 



The gills are firmly attached to the stem, yellow, turning slightly 

 ferruginous. 



The stem is stuffed, somewhat hollow, fibrillose, yellow, ferruginous at the 

 base. 



These plants are of a showy yellow, and are frequently found in our woods 

 on decayed logs. They are found in July and August. 



