FLAMMULA. 131 



Flammula lubrica. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, convex, obtuse, becoming expanded 

 and almost flat, sometimes depressed and wavy* even, viscid, 

 tawny-red or bright cinnamon, flesh white, thin at the 

 margin; gills adnate, rather decurrent, crowded, 3 lines 

 broad, pale then dingy clay-colour; stem 2-5 in. long, 3-4 

 lines thick, equal or slightly thinner upwards, fibrillose, 

 whitish, brownish with age, base pubescent, apex striate, 

 solid ; spores pale rusty-brown, elliptical, 8 x 4 /LI. 



Agaricus (Flammula) lubricus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 252 ; 

 ke., Hdbk.,p. 168. 



On or near trunks. 



Allied to Flammula lenta, but usually larger, pileus cinna- 

 mon or tawny, sometimes pallid, disc tawny, spotted with 

 squamules. Flesh white, almost scentless. (Fries.) 



Flammula lupina. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in across, convex then flattened and sometimes 

 more or less depressed, even, viscid ; gills adnato-decurrent, 

 rather crowded, broad, pallid, then clay-colour ; stem about 

 1 in. long, ^ in. thick, firm, unequal, with adpressed fibrils 

 tinged tawny, apex white. 



Agaricus (Flammula) lupinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 185; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 168. 



Amongst grass. 



Stem sometimes thickened at the apex, at other times at 

 the base, ^ in. thick. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, with a readily 

 separable pellicle, but not so glutinous as in some species. 

 Flesh soft, white. There are two forms : (a) smell very 

 strong and pungent, pileus brown or fuscous-tan, then clay- 

 colour, stem rather ferruginous; (6) smell milder, pileus 

 tawny, stem and gills yellowish. (Fries.) 



Flammula mixta. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, convexo-plane, obtuse, viscid, dingy 

 tan-colour, disc darker and rugulose, margin paler, smooth, 

 even ; gills rather decurrent, crowded, 3-4 lines broad, 

 margin uneven, whitish then clay-colour ; stem variable, 

 13 in. long, 35 lines thick, tough, equal, curved, covered 

 upwards with brown fibrils, and with rufous squamules at 

 the base; spores elliptical, yellow-brown, 10 x 5 p.. 



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