148 AGARIC AC EM Flammula 



a. Gymnotce. Pileus dry, most frequently squamulose. Veil 



none, except 673 and 676. Spores ferruginous, fuscous- 

 ferruginous in 675. 670 677 



b. Lubrica. Pileus covered with a continuous, subseparable, 



smooth, viscid pellicle. Veil fibrillose. Gills usually not 

 truly sinuate. Spores ferruginous, fuscous-ferruginous in 

 685, not tawny. Gregarious, terrestrial, rarely growing on 

 wood. Allies of Hebeloma. 678 685 



c. Udce. Pileus with a continuous, non-separable cuticle, slightly 



viscid in rainy weather. Veil appendiculate at the margin 

 of the pileus, or forming an imperfect fibrillose annulus. 

 Spores not tawny or ochraceous. Csespitose. Growing 

 on wood. Allies of Pholiota. 686 694 



d. Sapinea. Pileus scarcely pelliculose, flesh scissile or torn 



above into scales, not viscid. Veil fibrilloso-adpressed to 

 the stem, not appendiculate at the margin of the pileus. 

 Gills light yellow or yellow, then tawny. Subcsespitose. 

 On pines, or terrestrial amongst pine-branches. 695 698 



e. Sericella. Pileus dry, or at first viscid, slightly silky. Veil 

 fibrillose. 699702 



a. Gymnotce. 



670. F. gymnopodia Quel. (from the naked stem ; Gr. gumnos^ 



naked, pous, a foot) a. 

 P. convex, gibbous, squamulose, ochreous-sienna ; mid. darker. 



St. solid, paler than P. G. deeply decurrent, crowded, colour 



as P., cinnamon or orange. 

 Caespitose. Pine sawdust, on the ground. Autumn. 4! x 3 X in. 



671. F. Aldridgei Mass, (after Miss Emily Aldridge) a. 



P. infundibuliform, velvety, rich orange ; mid. sienna. St. 



hollow, colour as P., black below. G. deeply decurrent, rich 



orange. 

 Gregarious. Woods, amongst moss. Sept. 2| x 2f x J in. 



672. F. vinosa Gill, (from its colour ; vinum, wine) a c. 



P. infundibuliform, flocculose, umber, pink-shaded. St. solid, 

 attenuate upwards, flocculose, paler than P. G. decurrent, 

 colour as St., faintly pinkish at base. 



On the ground ; rare. Oct. 2 x i X ^ in. 



673. F. PURPURATA Sacc. (from its purple colour) a b. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, minutely flocculose, purple to 

 brownish-purple. St. solid, pallid above, purplish-brown below. 

 A. superior, red-fibrillose. G. adnate, lemon-yellow then 

 bright ferruginous, purple-brown where touched. 



Taste very bitter. Tree-fern stems. May. 2 X if X ^r in. 



