Fusus means a spindle; so called from the spindle-shaped stem.
The pileus is compact, convex, then expanded, even, rather viscid, reddish-tan, flesh yellowish.
The gills are somewhat decurrent, pallid yellow, becoming ferruginous.
The stem is stuffed, firm, colored like the pileus, fibrillose, striate, attenuated and somewhat fusiform, rooting. The spores are broadly elliptical, 10×4µ.
Found on well-decayed logs or on ground made up largely of decayed wood. Found from July to October.
Flammula fillius. Fr.
The pileus is two to three inches broad, even, smooth, with rather viscid cuticle, pale orange-red with the disc reddish.
The gills are attached to the stem, arcuate, rather crowded, white, then pallid or tawny-yellow.
The stem is three to five inches long, hollow, smooth, pallid, reddish within. The spores are elliptical, 10×5µ.
Found on the ground in the woods from July to October.