﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  I37 
  

  

  Stem 
  rather 
  slender, 
  equal 
  or 
  tapering 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  fibrillose, 
  hollow, 
  

   yellowish, 
  generally 
  becoming 
  brownish 
  or 
  ferruginous 
  toward 
  the 
  

   base; 
  spores 
  elliptical, 
  dark 
  ferruginous, 
  .0003 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  to 
  

   .0002 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  I 
  to 
  2 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  long, 
  about 
  2 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Gregarious 
  or 
  csespitose; 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  or 
  on 
  decaying 
  

   wood. 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  our 
  most 
  common 
  species 
  of 
  Flammula. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  

   especially 
  in 
  hilly 
  or 
  mountainous 
  districts, 
  either 
  in 
  woods 
  or 
  open 
  

   places. 
  The 
  pileus 
  varies 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  its 
  center 
  or 
  disk 
  from 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  to 
  brownish. 
  The 
  umbo 
  is 
  sometimes 
  present 
  and 
  very 
  distinct, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  wholly 
  absent. 
  Occasionally 
  the 
  pileus 
  becomes 
  de- 
  

   pressed 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  then 
  its 
  margin 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  irregular, 
  repand 
  

   or 
  wavy. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  fungus 
  when 
  clean 
  and 
  well 
  developed. 
  

   Specimens, 
  which 
  in 
  Report 
  23, 
  p. 
  91, 
  were 
  referred 
  to 
  Agaricus 
  

   polychrous, 
  are 
  probably 
  only 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  Satisfactory 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Ag. 
  polychrous 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  our 
  State. 
  

  

  Flammula 
  squalida 
  Pk, 
  

  

  Squalid 
  Flammula. 
  , 
  

  

  Mus. 
  Rep. 
  44, 
  p. 
  19, 
  auct. 
  ed. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  convex 
  or 
  plane, 
  firm, 
  viscose, 
  glabrous, 
  dingy- 
  

   yellowish 
  or 
  rufescent, 
  flesh 
  whitish 
  but 
  colored 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   under 
  the 
  separable 
  cuticle 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  rather 
  broad, 
  adnate, 
  paUid, 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  dark 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  stem 
  slender, 
  generally 
  flexuose, 
  hollow, 
  

   fibrillose, 
  pallid 
  or 
  brownish, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  when 
  young; 
  

   spores 
  brownish-ferruginous, 
  .0003 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  I 
  to 
  1.5 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  long, 
  i 
  to 
  2 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  In 
  bushy 
  and 
  swampy 
  places. 
  Cattaraugus 
  and 
  Rensselaer 
  coun- 
  

   ties. 
  September. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  F. 
  spumosa, 
  of 
  which, 
  perhaps, 
  

   some 
  may 
  prefer 
  to 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  variety. 
  But 
  having 
  observed 
  it 
  

   several 
  times 
  in 
  different 
  localities 
  and 
  always 
  finding 
  it 
  constant 
  in 
  

   its 
  characters 
  and 
  readily 
  distinguishable, 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  best 
  to 
  recog- 
  

   nize 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  Its 
  dingy 
  appearance, 
  slender 
  habit. 
  

  

  