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stem rather slender, equal or tapering at the base, fibrillose, hollow, 
yellowish, generally becoming brownish or ferruginous toward the 
base; spores elliptical, dark ferruginous, .0003 in. long, .00016 to 
.0002 broad. 
Pileus 1 to 2 in. broad; stem 1.5 to 3 in. long, about 2 lines thick. 
Gregarious or caespitose; growing on the ground or on decaying 
wood. August and September. 
This is our most common species of Flammula. It is found 
especially in hilly or mountainous districts, either in woods or open 
places. The pileus varies in the color of its center or disk from red¬ 
dish to brownish. The umbo is sometimes present and very distinct, 
but it is often wholly absent. Occasionally the pileus becomes de¬ 
pressed in the center and then its margin is apt to be irregular, repand 
or wavy. It is a beautiful fungus when clean and well developed. 
Specimens, which in Report 23, p. 91, were referred to Agaricus 
polychrous, are probably only a form of this species. Satisfactory 
specimens of Ag. polychrous have not yet been found in our State. 
Flammula squalida Pk. 
Squalid Flammula. 
Mus. Rep. 44, p. 19, auct. ed. 
Pileus fleshy, convex or plane, firm, viscose, glabrous, dingv- 
yellowish or rufescent, flesh whitish but colored similar to the pileus 
under the separable cuticle; lamellae rather broad, adnate, pallid, be¬ 
coming dark ferruginous; stem slender, generally flexuose, hollow, 
fibrillose, pallid or brownish, pale yellow at the top when young; 
spores brownish-ferruginous, .0003 in. long, .00016 broad. 
Pileus 1 to 1.5 in. broad; stem 1.5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 lines thick. 
In bushy and swampy places. Cattaraugus and Rensselaer coun¬ 
ties. September. 
This species is closely related to F. spumosa, of which, perhaps, 
some may prefer to consider it a variety. But having observed it 
several times in different localities and always finding it constant in 
its characters and readily distinguishable, it has seemed best to recog¬ 
nize it as a distinct species. Its dingy appearance, slender habit, 
