Oclirosporse 



FLAM'MULA Fr. 



Flamma, a flame. 

 (In reference to the bright colors of many of the species.) 



Pileus fleshy, margin at first turned inward. Veil fibrillose or none. Flammula. 

 Stem fleshy-fibrous, not mealy at the top. Gills decurrent or attached 

 without a tooth. Spores mostly pure rust color; some brownish-rust, 

 others tawny-ochraceous. 



A few species grow on the ground, the majority on wood. 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



GYMNOTI (naked). Page 288. 

 Pileus dry, generally scaly. Spores not yellowish. 



LUBRICI (lubricus, slimy). Page 289. 



Pileus covered with a continuous, viscid, smooth, partly separable 

 cuticle. Veil fibrillose. Spores not yellowish. Gregarious, on the 

 ground, rarely on wood. Distinguished from Hebeloma by the gills not 

 being sinuate and the top of the stem not mealy. 



UDI (udus, moist). Page 290. 



Veil slight, generally hanging in fragments. Cuticle of the pileus 

 continuous, not separable, smooth, in places superficially downy, moist 

 or slightly viscid in rainy weather. Spores not yellowish. Cespitose, 

 growing on wood. 



SAPINEI (sapinus, pine). Page 291. 



Veil silky, very slight, adpressed to the stem or forming a silky ring 

 on it. Cuticle of pileus thin, the flesh splitting at the surface into 

 scales, not viscid. Distinguished by the gills and spores being light 

 yellow or tawny. Somewhat cespitose ; always on pine or on the ground 

 among pine branches. 



SERICELLI (sericeus, silky). 



Cuticle of the pileus slightly silky, dry or at the first viscid 

 None known to be edible. 



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