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174. Flammula punctata Clel. (L., puiyctaifus, dotted). — Pileus Jin. (20 mni.), 
convex, sometimes subumbonate, viscid when moist, reddish tanny brown. Gills 
adnate or emarginato-arinate, rather dose, watery cinnamon becoming dingy 
cinnamon. Stem f to lin. (1.8 to 2.5 cm.), slender, solid, pallid flecked with 
dark brown scaly fibrils, flesh somewhat cartilaginous differing Slightly from that 
of the pileus. Spores obliquely elliptical, pale yellow-brown, 7.5 x 4 /t. Cystidia 
not seen. On the ground. South Australia — Back Valley off Inman Valley. May 
This is a small species resembling the larger F. California but with the gills 
less yellow when young and the stem punctate (hence the specific name) with 
dark brown scaly fibrils. In the characters of the flesh of the stem it approaches 
the genus Nmicoria, 
III. “Cuticle of the pileus continuous, not distinct or separable, smooth (here 
and there with a superficial covering), moist or a little viscid in wet weather. 
Cortina manifest, appendiculate. Spores not tawny or ochraceons. Caespitose, 
growing on wood.” — Rea. 
175. Flammula cincta Clel. (L., ciiwtus, girdled). — Pileus I to 1 ^ in. (1.2 to 
3.1 cm.), convex, then plane, finally more or less upturned, viscid when moist and 
shining wnxv-looking brown, hygrophanous, drying a deep pinkish buff, when 
young with the edge inturned and covered with a white meal from the universal 
veil which later appears as a white rim to the waxy-brown pileus. Gills adnate 
to adnato-deeurrent, rather close, rather narrow, minutely serrate when young, 
pallid cinnamon becoming brownish-cinnamon. Stem 1 to ljin. (2.5 to 3.1 cm.), 
rather slender, equal or attenuated downwards, base a little bulbous, somewhat 
mealy fibrillose, slightly hollow, whitish becoming tinted brown especially below. 
When young clothed with a whitish mealy universal veil, giving to the stem a 
white mealy appearance. Spores elliptical, rather pale dull brown, 8 to 8.5 x 4.5 
to 5 fi. Xo cystidia, seen. On fallen bark and rotting wood on the ground with 
white mycelium at the base agglutinating bark, leaves, etc. South Australia — 
Back Valley off Inman Valley. May. 
Characterised by the hygrophanous waxy-lookiug brown pileus, when young 
covered with mealy fragments leaving for a while a mealy rim round the edge of 
the pileus, the pallid cinnamon gills becoming darker, the whitish mealy stem 
ami the habitat amongst fallen wood. The specific name applies to the whitish 
ring round the edge of the pileus, very noticeable at one stage. 
I V. “Pileus scarcely pellieulose, flesh scisslle or torn above into scales, not 
viscid, at first somewhat hoary. Veil fibrillosely adpressed to the stem, not 
furnished with an appendiculate eortlha, almost none or forming an annular zone 
on the stem. Gills light yellow or yellow, then tawny. Spores ochraceons nr 
tawny. Subeaespitose, always on conifers or on the ground amongst conifer 
branches” (in Europe). — Rea. 
17(1. Flammula excentrica Clel. et ('heel. (L., excentmciis, exeontrie, in 
reference to the stem). — Pileus 1 to 34-in. (2.5 to 8.7 cm.), irregularly convex to 
slightly convex, nearly plane or slightly depressed in the centre, nearly smooth 
to fibrillosely scaly, villous or flecked with small fibrillose scales, sometimes tending 
to crack, sometimes soft and spongy, edge inturned when young, yellowish to 
reddish or brownish tawny or dark ferruginous brown (Mustard Yellow, xvi.; 
near Ochraceons Tawny, XV. ; near Auburn or Chestnut, It.; Kaiser Brown, xiv. ; 
Hazel, xiv.; Chestnut Brown, xiv.; or Cinnamon Rufus, xrv.), sometimes with 
traces of purple or greenish-yellow. Gills slightly sinuate to adnate or adnato- 
deeurrent, moderately close, ) in. ( (1 mm.) or more deep, sometimes slightly 
ventricose, Buff Yellow (tv.), Antimony Yellow (x'v.) to near Ochraceons Buff 
(XV.), Ochraceons Orange (xv.), Buckthorn Brown (xv.) or Amber Brown (ui.) 
when dry. Stem 1 to 2fin. (1.2 to 6.8 cm.), moderately stout (toi Sin., 10 mm.) 
to moderately slender, often somewhat excentric, attenuated downwards to nearly 
equal, fibrillose sometimes with whitish bloom at the base, solid or slightly hollow, 
tough, pallid vellowisli-brown above to dark tawny-brown below (darker than 
Light Orange Yellow, ill.; Tawnv, xv.), occasionally whitish, sometimes with 
slight indications of a superior ring when young. Flesh vellowisli-brown, paler to 
yellow in the pileus. Spores obliquely elliptical, slightly rough to smooth, 
yellowish-brown (tawny), 7.5 to 9.5 x 4 to 6.5 ju. On fallen wood, the undersides 
of wet logs, rarely on the trunks of living fiurnlypt'U.s ohliqmt L’Herit. or the 
