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661. H. longieaudum Quél, (from the long stem ; longus, long,
cauda, a tail) a b.
P. expanded, sometimes umbonate, viscid, clay-colour ; mid.
darker. St. stuffed, subbulbous, fibrous-elastic, white above,
tawny below within and without. G. emarginate, crowded,
serrulate, cinnamon.
Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods. Sept.-Nov. 5 X 7j X | in. Var.
radicatum Sacc. St. fusiform-rooting.
662. H. lugens Gill, (from its sombre colour; lugeo, to mourn) a.
P. convexo-plane, subviscid, brown or yellowish. St. solid,
shining, fibrilloso-striate, whitish. G. attenuato-adnexed or
almost free, ferruginous.
Odour strong, not radish-like. Under beeches. 2| X X § in.
663. H. truneatum Sacc. (from the short stem; truncus, maimed)
a b.
P. obtuse, repand, irregular, ochreous-rufous or tan-ochreous,
faintly shaded rose. St. solid, pruinate, white. G. emarginate
or emarginato-free, watery-ferruginous.
Subcæspitose. Odour faint, not unpleasant. Grassy places in woods. Sept.
3i X 2j X i in.
664. H. nudlpes Karst, (from the naked stem; nudus, naked, pes,
a foot) a b.
P. expanded, subumbonate, viscid, pale clay or ochreous-white ;
marg. thin, exceeding G. St. solid, smooth, whitish. G.
emarginate, sienna-tan.
Odour faint, not unpleasant, somewhat of meal. Woods. Oct. 2§X 3 X4 in.
665. H. isehnostylum Sacc. (from the thin stem ; Gr. ischnos, thin,
siulos, a pillar) a b.
P. expanded, broadly subumbonate, subviscid, whitish; mid.
pallid. St. naked, colour as P. G. adnate, clay-colour.
Odour none, or faint of meadow-sweet. Fields, plantations, woods,
amongst grass. Sept.-Oct. i f X 2 X J in.
666. H. nauseosum Sacc. (nauseosus, rank-smelling) a b.
P. convex, gibbous, subviscid, ochreous-white ; mid. sienna-tan.
St. solid, silky-fibrillose, white-mealy above, base at length
black.' G. sinuate, broad, subdistant, salmon then ferruginous,
sometimes with a purplish shade.
Odour very strong and offensive. Woods, mixed. Oct. X 3f X J in.
667. H. eapnioeephalum Gill, (from the sooty-coloured pileus ; Gr.
kapnos, smoke, kephale, the head) a c.
P. convexo-plane, viscid, pale yellowish ; mid. sienna or sooty ;
marg. at length black. St. stuffed, attenuate below, rufescent,
fibrilloso-striate on a whitish ground. G. emarginate, subcrowded,
brown-ferruginous.
Woods, mixed, elm-stumps. Oct.-Nov. 3j X 2f X f in.
c. Piisillæ.
668. H. magnimamma Karst, (from the large umbo; magnus, large,
mamma, breast) a.
P. plane, ochreous-red, then pale yellowish. St. stuffed or
fistulose, smooth, naked, colour as P. G. adnate, subsinuate,
ferruginous.
Amongst grass, under apple-trees. Sept. I X i f X J in.
669. H. petiginosum Que'l. (from the scurfy-hoary pileus; pdigo,
scab) abc .
P. convex, subumbonate, hoary-silky, brown or shaded ochreous,
rufescent, slate or purplish. St. stuffed, rufescent, paler above,
white-pulverulent. G. slightly adnexed, or free, crowded,
olivaceous-brown or shaded rufescent.
Woods, beech. Oct. i x i j X J in.
XXVII. FLAMMULA Quél.
(From the frequent flame-like colours ; , a flame.)
Veil fibrillose, fugitive or obsolete. Hymenophore confluent and
homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus fleshy, margin at first
involute. Stem central, subannulate or simple, fleshy-fibrous, not
Fig. 36.—A, section of F lam m u la gymnopodia Quél. ;
B , ditto F .J la v id a Quél. One-third natural size.
mealy above. Gills decurrent or adnate, without a sinus, commonly
entire and of one colour, at first whitish, clay-colour or yellowish,
then coloured by the spores. Spores mostly pure ferruginous, sometimes
fuscous-ferruginous or tawny-ochraceous. (Fig. 36.)
The species usually grow on wood, some grow on the ground,
many are bright yellow, orange or orange-brown in colour. Some
agree in structure with Clitocybe and Clitopilus, those growing on
wood approach Pholiota, and agree with Armillaria and in part with
Hebeloma and Stropharia. Species 670—702
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