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hemispherical then convexo-plane, very obtuse, absolutely dry, Flammula. 

 the surface being covered with thin squamulose adpressed floe- 

 cules, most frequently rimoso-scaly ; flesh thick, firm, but at length 

 soft, becoming yellow. Stem 4 cent, (i^ in.) lon g I2 mm - (% in O 

 thick, solid or hollow, but stout, irregularly shaped (often com- 

 pressed), remarkably fleshy-fibrous, sulcate, even lacunose, naked, 

 becoming yellow-pallid, turning fuscous when bruised, rooting 

 at the base. Gills adnate, crowded, plane, 8 mm. (4 /in.) broad, 

 golden, at length tawny-cinnamon. 



The remains of the yellowish cortina scarcely manifest, only adhering to the 

 margin of the pileus. Somewhat caespitose, with a strong odour. It varies 

 much, also caespitose and growing on the ground with an elongated fusiform- 

 rooted stem ; but it is most distinct alike from A. hybridus, &c., and A. liqui- 

 ritice, &c., which, however, it unites. A. picreus Pers. Ic. descr. t. 4. /. 7 is 

 an old form of this. 



On pine-branches, sawdust, &c. Uncommon. Aug.-Nov. 



Extremely variable, especially as to the breadth and mode of attachment of 

 the gills. Remarkable, like A. spectabilis, for the bright colour of the spores. 

 B. & Br. Spores subellipsoid, 8x5 mk. K. ; 8x6 mk. W.G.S. Name 

 saptnus, a pine-tree. Growing on pine. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 361. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 251. Icon. t. 118. / 3. B. & Br. n. 1006. C. Hbk. n. 349. Illust. PI. 

 447. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 329. 



611. A. liquiritise Pers. Pileus 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) broad, 

 bay-brown- or orange-tawTzy, becoming pale, slightly fleshy, con- 

 vex then flattened, somewhat umbonate, even, very smooth, moist, 

 the margin at length flaccid and slightly striate ; flesh thin, scis- 

 sile, yellow. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, 

 hollow, attenuated upwards, often unequal and curved, striate, 

 somewhat naked (or obsoletely pruinate at the apex), tawny then 



ferruginous, yellow-tawny within, thickened and villous at the 

 base. Cortina none. Gills obtusely adnate, and sometimes 

 rounded, separating, plane, crowded, 6 mm. (3 lin.) broad, golden, 

 then tawny, not spotted. 



Gregarious, somewhat csespitose, with an acid odour. Varying very much 

 in structure and size, and approaching the Hebelomata in the gills being often 

 somewhat sinuate. 



On fir. Mattishall, 1883. Oct. 



Taste sweet, like that of liquorice, M.J.B. Name liquiritia, liquorice 

 (corrupted from glycyrrhiza). From the taste. Pers. Syn. p. 306. Fr. Monogr. 

 i. p. 362. Hym. Eur. p. 251. Icon. t. 119. /. i. 



612. A. picreus Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, rufous- or 

 bay - brown - cinnamon, when older becoming pale and tawny, 

 slightly fleshy, campanulate then convex, obtuse, regular, even, 

 smooth, moist in rainy weather ; flesh very thin, not easily scissile, 



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