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stem curt, firm, thickened upwards or downwards, whitish 

 at apex, otherwise ferruginous, with deuse ad pressed fibrils, 

 stuffed or hollow, becoming ferruginous ; gills adnato- 

 decurrent, moderately crowded, broad, clay-colour. 



In grassy places. In pastures. Glamis. Odour strong 

 and bitter. 



658. A. (Flammula) mixtus, Fr. ; pilcus 1-2 in., dull- 

 tan, fiesby, convexo-plane, obtuse, even, disc minutely 

 wrinkled with gluten, paler towards margin ; stem tough, 

 hollow, equal, flexuose, whitish, clothed with reflexed rufous- 

 fuscous scales, somewhat thickened at base ; cortina fibril- 

 lose; gills somewhat decurrent, broad, somewhat crowded, 

 white then clay-colour, unequal at edge. 



In pine and mixed woods. Epping Forest. Rare. 



659. A. (Flammula) juncinus, Sm. ; pileus li in., sul- 

 phury yellow, disc rich brown, fleshy, hemispherical ; stem 

 elongated, thin, attenuated downwards, clothed with a few 

 fibres; gills broad, very thin, red-brown. 



On dead bullrushes. N. Wootton. Taste disagreeable, 

 nauseous, bitter. 



660. A. (Flammula) gummosus, Lasch ; pileus 1-2 in., 

 pallid light yellow, becoming greenish, at length ferrugi- 

 nous, paler at circumference, fleshy, cainpauulate, soon 

 flattened, smooth, obtuse or depressed, covered with a sepa- 

 rable viscid cuticle, sprinkled with superficial floccose scales ; 

 flesh thin, yellow ; stem stuffed or hollow, equal, straight, 

 rigid, silky-fibrillose, rod-brown at base, paler upwards ; 

 gills adnate, crowded, narrow, whitish, light yellow, then 

 cinnamon. 



On old stumps. Botanic Garden, Cambridge. Epping 

 Forest. 



661. A. (Flammula) spumosus, Fr, ; pileus 2 in., pallid 



