44 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



FLAMMULA Fr. 



Flamma, a flame. 



The generic name of this group signifies the brilliant color- 

 ing of the pileus of many of the species. The plants are fleshy 

 throughout, and the gills are variously attached to the stem, 

 but are never free from it. The spores are yellow with a 

 brown tinge. The majority of these plants grow on wood, 

 but a few are found on the ground. 



Flammula alnicola Fr. (inhabiting alders). 



East Hartford, Hamncr. 

 Flammula fiavida Pers. (light yellow). 



East Hartford, Hamncr. 

 Flammula fusus Batsch. (spindle-shaped). 



Mansfield, July (196). 

 Flammula hybrida Fr. (hybrid). 



South Windsor, Hamncr. 

 Flammula magna Pk. (large). 



East Hartford, Hanmcr. 



NAUCORIA Fr. 



Naucum, a nut-shell. 



The Naucorias are small plants with a more or less fleshy 

 cap, which is cone-shaped or convex when young, becoming 

 expanded when old. The margin of the young cap is always 

 rolled, which distinguishes the genus from Galcra. The gills 

 are usually free from the stem, but in some few species are at- 

 tached, though they never run down it. N. scini-orbicularis 

 is the only species yet reported, and grows abundantlv on the 

 lawns in this vicinity. The spores are of a brown rust color. 

 In form N. scini-orbicularis closely resembles Stropharia scmi- 

 globata of the brown-spored group ; but. aside from the differ- 

 ence in color of the spores, the ring on the stem of 5\ scnii- 

 globata distinguishes it. 



Naucoria semi-orbicularis Bull, (half-round). 



East Hartford, Hamncr; Mansfield, Tune. Edible 

 (Atk.). 



