Flammula 



AGARICACE^: 



c. Pusilla. 



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668. H. magnimamma Karst. (from the large umbo ; magnus, large, 



mamma^ breast) a. 

 P. plane, ochreous-red, then pale yellowish. St. stuffed or 



fistulose, smooth, naked, colour as P. G. adnate, subsinuate, 



ferruginous. 

 Amongst grass, under apple-trees. Sept. I x i| x $ in. 



669. H. petigrinosum Que'l. (from the scurfy-hoary pileus ; petigo y 



scab) a b c. 



P. convex, subumbonate, hoary-silky, brown or shaded ochreous, 

 rufescent, slate or purplish. St. stuffed, rufescent, paler above, 

 white-pulverulent. G. slightly adnexed, or free, crowded, 

 olivaceous-brown or shaded rufescent. 



Woods, beech. Oct. I x i X & in. 



XXVII. FLAMMULA Que'l. 

 (From the frequent flame-like colours ; flamma^ a flame.) 



Veil fibrillose, fugitive or obsolete. Hymenophore confluent and 

 homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus fleshy, margin at first 

 involute. Stem central, subannulate or simple, fleshy-fibrous, not 



Fig. 36. A, section of Flammula gymnopodia Quel. ; 

 B, ditto F.flavida Quel. One-third natural size. 



mealy above. Gills decurrent or adnate, without a sinus, commonly 

 entire and of one colour, at first whitish, clay-colour or yellowish, 

 then coloured by the spores. Spores mostly pure ferruginous, some- 

 times fuscous-ferruginous or tawny-ochraceous. (Fig. 36.) 



The species usually grow on wood, some grow on the ground, 

 many are bright yellow, orange or orange-brown in colour. Some 

 agree in structure with Clitocybe and Clitopilus, those growing on 

 wood approach Pholiota, and agree with Armillaria and in part with 

 Hebeloma and Stropharia. Species 670 702 



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