﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1 
  39 
  

  

  Pileus 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  lines 
  broad; 
  stem 
  i 
  to 
  1.5 
  in. 
  long, 
  i 
  to 
  2 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Burnt 
  ground 
  or 
  damp 
  earth. 
  Highlands 
  of 
  Orange 
  county, 
  Cats- 
  

   kill 
  mountains 
  and 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  June 
  to 
  September. 
  

  

  From 
  F. 
  carbonaria, 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  a 
  mere 
  variety, 
  

   this 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  whitish 
  flesh 
  and 
  differently 
  

   colored 
  lamellae. 
  The 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  often 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  

   central 
  part. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  usually 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  defiled 
  by 
  dirt 
  or 
  

   other 
  adhering 
  substances 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant. 
  The 
  mycelium 
  commonly 
  binds 
  together 
  a 
  little 
  ball 
  of 
  

   earth 
  which 
  cHngs 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  when 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  pulled 
  

   from 
  the 
  ground. 
  Agaricus 
  Ascophorus 
  is 
  merely 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  with 
  the 
  squamules 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  wanting 
  or 
  inconspicuous. 
  

  

  Udae. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  moist 
  or 
  slightly 
  viscid 
  in 
  rainy 
  weather, 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  cuti- 
  

   cle 
  not 
  separable; 
  veil 
  evident, 
  appendiculate. 
  

  

  Flammula 
  alnicola 
  J^r. 
  

  

  Alder 
  Flammula. 
  

  

  Hym. 
  Europ. 
  p. 
  248. 
  Syl. 
  Fung, 
  Vol. 
  v. 
  p. 
  820. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  at 
  first 
  broadly 
  conical 
  or 
  convex, 
  then 
  broadly 
  con- 
  

   vex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  sometimes 
  sHghtly 
  silky-fibrillose 
  

   on 
  the 
  margin, 
  clear 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  rarely 
  tinged 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  in 
  

   the 
  center, 
  moist, 
  flesh 
  yellowish, 
  taste 
  bitter; 
  lamellae 
  close, 
  adnata 
  

   or 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  pallid 
  or 
  yellowish 
  becoming 
  

   ferruginous; 
  stem 
  rather 
  long, 
  often 
  curved 
  or 
  flexuose, 
  fibrillose, 
  

   hollow, 
  yellowish 
  becoming 
  ferruginous 
  or 
  brownish-ferruginous 
  

   especially 
  toward 
  the 
  base; 
  spores 
  ferruginous, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .0004 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  .0002 
  to 
  .00024 
  broad. 
  

  

  Gregarious 
  or 
  caespitose; 
  pileus 
  i 
  to 
  2.5 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Ground 
  or 
  decaying 
  wood 
  of 
  deciduous 
  trees. 
  Albany 
  and 
  Rens- 
  

   selaer 
  counties, 
  Catskill 
  and 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  September 
  

   and 
  October. 
  

  

  The 
  Alder 
  flammula 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  fungus. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   is 
  generally 
  a 
  uniform 
  bright 
  lemon 
  yellow 
  but 
  sometimes 
  it 
  assumes 
  

  

  