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Flammula sapinea Fr. 
Pine Tree Flammula. 
Hym. Europ. p. 251. Syl. Fang. Vol. v. p. 824. 
Pileus fleshy, compact, hemispherical or convex, becoming ex¬ 
panded, sometimes irregular, obtuse, dry, slightly flocculose-squam- 
ulose when young, often becoming rimose and paler with age, 
golden-tawny, paler and shining on the margin, flesh yellowish, odor 
strong; lamellae broad, close, adnate, yellow becoming tawny-cinna¬ 
mon; stem commonly short, often unequal or irregular, compressed 
and sulcate, sometimes radicating, stuffed or hollow, yellowish or 
pallid; spores ochraceous, .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 
Pileus 1 to 3 in. broad; stem 1 to 2 in. long, 3 to 5 lines thick. 
Decaying wood of pine. Onondaga county. September. 
This is a rare species in our State. The plants are sometimes 
caespitose. 
Flammula magna Pk. 
Large Flammula. 
Mus. Rep. 50, p. 103. 
Pileus fleshy, broadly convex, soft, dry, fibrillose and somewhat 
virgate, pale yellow or buff, the margin commonly becoming revo¬ 
lute with age, flesh whitish or yellowish; lamellae close, adnate or 
slightly decurrent, often crisped or wavy toward the stem, about three 
lines wide, ochraceous; stem equal or thickened toward the base, 
fleshy-fibrous, solid, elastic, fibrillose, colored like the pileus, brighter 
yellow within; spores subelliptical, ochraceous, .0004 in. long, .00024 
broad. 
Caespitose; pileus 4 to 6 in. broad; stem 3 to 4 in. long, 8 to 12 
lines thick. 
About the base of trees. Westchester county. October. 
This is a large and showy species. The stems are sometimes 
united at the base into a solid mass. The young lamellae are prob¬ 
ably yellow, but I have seen only mature specimens. 
