FLAMMULA. 139 



**** SAPINEI. 



Plammula hybrida. Tr. 



Pileus atout 2 in, across, hemisplierical then expanded, 

 margin involute, olDtiise, regular and symmetrical, glabrous, 

 even, moist, tawny-cinnamon then rich tawny-orange, flesh 

 thin, tawny; gills adnate, rather crowded, 2 lines broad, 

 yellowish then tawny-ferruginous ; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 

 lines thick, usually attenuated upwards, villose then silky, 

 rather striate ; stuiTed then hollow, whitish with silky down, 

 but tawny-orange when the down disappears ; ring present 

 as an annular zone near the apex of the stem, white ; spores 

 elliptical, tawny-ochraceous, 7-8 x 4-5 /x. 



Agaricus hylridus, Pries, Obs., ii. p. 30 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 171; Cke., Illustr., pi. 615. 



On stumps and on the ground amongst fragments of 

 wood, &c. 



Stem hollow, base white and downy. Pileus regular, 

 disc compact, at first cinnamon-fulvous, then golden-fulvous, 

 flesh pallid. Spores as in Flammula penetrans, ochraceous. 

 (Fries.) 



Flammula sapinea. Fr. 



Pileus 1-3 in. across, fleshy, compact, hemispherical then 

 expanded, very obtuse, slightly flocculoso-squamulose then 

 usually cracked into minute scales, dry, tawny-orange, paler 

 towards the margin ; gills adnate, crowded, 2 lines broad, 

 plane, yellow then tawny-cinnamon ; stem 1-2 in. high, up 

 to ^ in. thick, solid or hollow, but stout and often irregular, 

 conspicuously fleshy fibrous, not corticated, rooting, yellowish 

 turning brownish when bruised ; spores yellowish, elliptical, 

 8 X 5 /i. 



Agaricus (Flammula) sapineus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 239 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 171; Cke., Illustr., pi. 447? (If the right 

 plant, a very remarkable var,, umbonate, stem thin, &c.) 



On pine woods. 



Subcaespitose. Stem usually short, solid or hollow, 

 brownish when bruised, often compressed, lacunose, &c. 

 Pileus 1-4 in. across, disc subopaque, margin shining, paler. 

 Flesh thick, but soft and not splitting, yellowish. Smell 

 strong. The yellowish veil scarcely evident. (Fries.) 



