CLASSIFICATION 289 



F. carbonaria. — Cap 1-2 in. across, tawny yellow ; gills crowded, 

 pale, then brownish ; stem 1^-3 in. long, rigid, pallid, fibrillosely 

 squamulose. 



On burnt earth, charcoal, etc. Gregarious. 



F. alnicola. — Cap 2-3 in. across, rather slimy at fiVst, yellow, then 

 tinged tawny or greenish ; gills slightly adnate, yellow, then rusty ; 

 stem 2-4 in. long, curved or wavy, fibrillose, yellow, then stained 

 rusty. 



Smell strong, very acrid. 



On trunks and stumps, especially alder. Clustered. 



F. connisans. — Cap 1-3 in. across, slightly viscid, pale yellow, 

 centre tinged tawny ; gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, crowded, 

 pallid, then brownish ; stem 2-3 in. long, often flattened and 

 twisted, yellowish white. 



Veil often remaining in shreds at the edge of the cap. 



On willow trunks, etc. Densely tufted. 



F. inopoda. — Cap 1-4 in. across, slightly viscid, honey-coloured, 

 tan or with a reddish tinge, edge paler ; gills thin, crowded, yel- 

 lowish, often tinged green ; st'^m 3-6 in. long, wavy, long rooting, 

 pale above, brownish below. 



On fallen pine trunks. Tufted or gregarious. 



F. scamba. — Cap i-i| in. across, becoming plane or depressed, 

 viscid in wet weather, downy, dingy white ; gills adnato-decurrent, 

 crowded, yellowish clay-colour ; stem i-i| in. long, incurved, 

 flocculose, white. 



In pine woods, on fallen trunks and on the ground. 



ft Cap not viscid. (May be moist in damp weather.) 



F. floccifera. — Cap about 2 in. across, tawny, somewhat zoned 

 in drying, sprinkled with white fibrils ; gills rounded behind, adnate, 

 rusty, edge white ; stem i| in. high, white with silky scales. 



On stumps of lime, etc. 



F. /ilia. — Cap 2-3 in. across, soon plane, pale reddish yellow, 

 disc tawny, whitish, then tawny yellow ; stem 4-6 in. long, smooth, 

 pale yellow. 



On the ground in woods. 



F. astragalina. — Cap 1-2 J in. across, orange-saffron, edge pale ; 

 gills yellow, then rusty ; stem 2-4 in. long, wavy, pale yellow or 

 tinged red. 



One of the most beautiful species in the genus. Cap when moist 

 often blood-red, verging into saffron. 



On pine and fir stumps. 



F. flavida. — Cap 1-3 in. across, pale yellow ; gills pale yellow, 

 then rusty ; stem 2-4 in. long, rather wavy, fibrillose, pale yellow ; 

 veil in fragments from the edge of the cap. 



On trunks. Tufted. 



