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VIII. COLLYBIA Quél.
(From the pileus, which is frequently small and regular in form
like a small co in ; Gr. kollubos.)
Veil almost obsolete, when present represented by a fibrillose,
floccose, or pruinose covering. Hymenophore confluent with but
heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus slightly fleshy to
Fig. ^ .—Section o f Collybia 7nactt‘
la ta Quél. One-third natural size.
thin, margin at first involute. Stem central, wholly cartilaginous
or with a cartilaginous bark and stuffed with a pith; often rooting'
(™g 17 ) adnexed. Spores smooth!
Often small, frequently somewhat tough, maturing more slowly
and lasting longer than other Agarics. The species grow on stumps
branctes and leaves, sometimes on other fungi or on the ground’
Must be carefully distinguished from members o i Marasmius, where
the species are less fleshy, less putrescent, more leathery, and revive
with moisture after becoming dry. Species 225—286
A. Gills white or brightly coloured, not ashy. Flesh white.
a. Sfricepedes. Stem stout, hollow, or
longitudinally striate, except 225a.
Gills broad, except 228, somewhat distant.
Gills crowded, narrow.
b. Vestipedes. Stem thin, equal, fistulöse or with
velvety, floccose, or pruinose.
Gills broad, somewhat distant.
Gills very narrow, very crowded.
with a spongy pith.
225—229
230—236
a pith, even,
237—242
243—249
c. Lavipedes. Stem thin, equal, fistulöse, naked, smooth except
at base, not conspicuously striate.
Gills usually broad, lax, commonly more or less distant.
250—260
Gills narrow, crowded except 270. 261—270
B. Gills becoming cinereous. Hygrophanous.
d. Tephrophana. Colour fuscous, becoming cinereous.
Gills crowded, somewhat narrow. 271—278
Gills very broad, except 285, more or less distant. 279—286
a. Stricepedes.
225. C. radicata Quél, (from the rooting stem ; radix, a root) a b c.
P. glutinous, umber ; mid. radiato-rugose. St. rigid, brittle,
attenuate downwards, deeply rooting, white. G. adnexed or
adnate, sometimes with a tooth.
Solitary. On and about stumps, amongst fir-leaves ; common. June-Nov.
4 f X 1- 2^ X f in. There is a white variety.
225a. C. HenriettSB Sacc. (after Henrietta Smith, who first found
it) a b.
P. dry, even, somewhat downy, somewhat yellowish-umber.
St. attenuate upwards, even, slightly rooting, subpruinose, pale,
pallid yellowish-brown within and without, somewhat darker
below. G. broad, broadly adnate, distant, slightly rounded
near St. Flesh very thin.
On and about trees, stumps, etc. Sept. 4 X 7§ X i; io . Intermediate
between 225 and 226.
225b. C. retigera Bres. (from the net-like veining of the pileus ; rete,
a net, gero, to carry) a b.
P. thin, campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, dry, glabrous,
with a network of anastomosing veins best seen when old,
pallid ; mid. shaded tawny-brown ; marg. striate. St. equal,
solid to stuffed, pallid, minutely downy at base, somewhat
rooting. G. somewhat broad, ventricose; edge fimbriate,
pallid.
Bases of stumps, ash, beech. Dec. 2 X 3J X J in.
226. C. longipes Quél, (from the long stem; longus, long, pes, a
foot) a b c.
P. dry, velvety, livid brown. St. attenuate downwards, deeply
rooting, villous, dark brown, varying paler. G. rounded,
adnexed, white.
Stumps, etc. ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. x 9j X J in.
226a. C. erioeephala Rea (from the velvety pileus ; Gr. erion, wool,
kephale, a head) a.
P. convex, expanded, velvety, fulvous-tawny. St. stuffed, then
hollow, fusiform, extended into abundant long branched
rhizomorphoid proliferous brown mycelium, striate ; mid.