288 BRITISH FUNGI 



the disc almost white, flesh thick, golden yellow ; gills decurrent, 

 crowded, orange-brown ; stem about ij in. long, rich tawny, 

 striate, often twisted. 



Ring absent. Superficially closely resembling F. carbonaria, 

 differing in the decurrent, bright-coloured gills. 



On burnt earth, charcoal, etc. Inclined to ha fasciculate. Flesh 

 of stem brown at the base. 



F. lupina. — Cap 3-4 in. across, convex, then flattened and some- 

 times more or less depressed, even, viscid, brown or tawny ; gills 

 adnato-decurrent, rather crowded, broad, pallid, then clay-colour ; 

 stem about i in. long, stout, firm, unequal, with adpressed fibrils, 

 tinged tawny, apex white. 



Among grass. 



F. helomorpha. — Cap |-i in. across, rather fleshy, convex, 

 then expanded, unequal, gibbous, viscid, edge incurved, white ; 

 gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, white, then tan-colour ; stem 

 about I in. long, unequal, curved, ascending, almost smooth, 

 whitish, solid ; veil absent. 



Cap often obtusely umbonate. F. scamba, its nearest ally, is 

 distinguished by the flocculose stem, which eventuall}^ assumes a 

 tawny tinge. 



On the ground in pine woods. vScattered. 



2. Gills adnate, or adnate loith just a decurrent tooth. 



t Cap viscid. 



F. lenta. — Cap 2-3 in. across, whitish, dingy or livid, at first with 

 white squamules ; gills whitish, then stained rusty ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, often viscid, with white recurved squamules. 



Very glutinous in wet weather. Altogether whitish or pale clay- 

 colour. 



On the ground, rarel}' on wood. 



F. lubrica. — Cap 2-4 in. across, tawny red or bright cinnamon ; 

 gills adnate, just a little decurrent, crowded, clay-colour ; stem 

 2-5 in. long, iibrillose, whitish. 



On or near trunks. 



F. gummosa. — Cap i-2| in. across, pale yellow, often with a 

 greenish tinge, then tinged rusty, with superficial squamules ; gills 

 crowded, narrow, yellowish, then cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 fibrillose, pale above, base rusty. 



On and about old stumps. 



F. spmnosa. —Ca.p 1-2 in. across, pale yellow, disc with a rufous 

 tinge ; gills crowded, pale yellow, then rusty ; stem 2-4 in. long, 

 colour of cap. 



In pine woods on the ground. Clustered Very viscid in wet 

 weather. 



