FLAMMULA. 131 



Plammula lubrica. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, convex, obtuse, becoming expanded 

 and almost flat, sometimes depressed and wavy, even, viscid, 

 tawny-red or bright cinnamon, flesb wbite, thin at the 

 margin; gills adnate, rather deourrent, crowded, 3 lines 

 broad, pale then dingy clay-colour ; stem 2-5 in. long, 3-4 

 lines thick, equal or slightly thinner upwards, fibrillose, 

 whitish, brownish with age, base pubescent, apex striate, 

 solid ; spores pale rusty-brown, elliptical, 8x4/*. 



Agaricus (Flammula) lubricus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 252 ; 

 Oke., Hdbk.,p. 168. 



On or near trunks. 



Allied to Flammula lenta, but usually larger, pileus cinna- 

 mon or tawny, sometimes pallid, disc tawny, spotted with 

 squamules. Flesh white, almost scentless. (Fries.) 



Flammula lupina. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in across, convex then fliattened and sometimes 

 more or less depressed, even, viscid ; gills adnato-decurrent, 

 rather crowded, broad, pallid, then clay-colour ; stem about 

 1 in. long, ^ in. thick, firm, unequal, with adpressed fibrils 

 tinged tawny, apex white. 



Agaricus {Flammula) lupinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 185; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 168. 



Amongst grass. 



Stem sometimes thickened at the apex, at other times at 

 the base, -J- in. thick. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, with a readily 

 separable pellicle, but not so glutinous as in some species. 

 Flesh soft, white. There are two forms : — (a) smell very 

 strong and pungent, pileus brown or fnscous-tan, then clay- 

 colour, stem rather ferruginous; (&) smell milder, pileus 

 tawny, steni and gills yellowish. (Fries.) 



Flammula mixta. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, convexo-plane, obtuse, viscid, dingy 

 tan-colour, disc darker and rugulose, margin paler, smooth, 

 even; gills rather decurrent, crowded, 3-4 lines broad, 

 margin uneven, whitish then clay-colour ; stem variable, 

 1-3 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, tough, equal, curved, covered 

 upwards with brown fibrils, and with rufous squamules at 

 the base; spores elliptical, yellow-brown, 10 X 5 /*. 



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