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Subgenus 0. CoLLXBiA.-Stein cartilaginous externally Margin
of pileus at first involute. GiUb not decnrrent.
* Gills white, or of a pure colour.
97 A. (Collybia) radicatus, Belh. ; pileus thin, fleshy obtuse,
at length plane, wrinldcd, glutinous ;
ated upwards, rootingj gills adnexed, distant, white. (Plate 5,
« . H o t . c o v o r o a , i H .
The long t.p-,oot, wrmklod p.lou. end >1»“ “
p-ills at once distinguish this species. Pfleus 3-4 inches
across ; stem 6 inches high. I once gatiiered a y
of this, with the pilens scarcely an inch across, though perfectly
developed. The colour is generally greyish-hrown.
98 A . ’ (C o l ly lo i a ) l o n g i p e s . Bull.,- pfleus thin, esiy, c -
nical’ then expanded, umbonate, dry, slightly velvety; stem
i . „ . o d o p L d . , 0 0 0« , .g, , o l , o . „ gm. d i . . . n . , o o u o d o d
behind, white.—B«M. t. 233; Huss. i. /. 80.
In (he same situations as the last, hut not so common.
When well grown, one of the most beautiful of onr Agarics.
Pileus and stem often tinted with yellow.
99 A. (CoUybia) platyphyUus, Fr.; pilens thin towards
the margin, expanded, obtuse, moist,
fibres ; stem stuffed, equal, soft, striate, naked, pallid, e n d i^
abruptly; gills distant, truncate behind, adnexed, white.
^ “lnw o !d s , amongst leaves. Bare. King’s Cliffe. Pilens
several inches across, umber or brownish. The form with a
. stout, creeping, string-like mycelium, named
Fries, has been found by Mr. Broome in the south of England,
and by myself in Denbighshire. Stem not so distinctly
cartilaginous as in other CoUybia.
100. A. (CoUybia) fusipes. B u ll.; pileus fleshy, convex,
smooth, at first even, then frequently cracked; stem more or
less twisted and split, swollen, sulcate, rooting below, and
spindle-shaped; gills adnexed, nearly free, at length separating
behind, connected by veins, white, then nearly of the
same colour as the pileus. (Plate 5, fig. 5.)—Huss. ii. t. 48.
On stumps. Very common. Pileus 3 inches across. Often
densely caespitose, more or less rufous. Gills often spotted.
Very variable in size and form. An early species. A. wde-
matopus, as far as the English Flora is concerned, rests upon
an imperfect plant of Dickson. I f distinct, the decurrcnt gills
must be the principal character, in which case it could not be
a Collybia. This circumstance may, however, arise from some
peculiar condition of the pileus.
101. A. (Collybia) maculatus, A. and S .; pilens fleshy,
compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, even, smooth; stem
stout, ventricose, striate, attenuated below, white, as well as
the free gills.—Sow. t. 346; Huss. ii. t. 60.
In fir-woods. Not common. Pileus 2-3 inches across, at
first white, then, like the stem, spotted with reddish-brown.
103. A. (CoUybia) butyraceus, Bull. ; pileus fleshy, convex,
at length expanded, moist, changing colour; flesh turning
white; stem slightly stuffed, externally cartilaginous, conical,
striate, reddish brown; gills nearly free, crowded, crc-
nulate, white.—Bull. t. 572.
In w’oods, especially fir-woods. Extremely common. Easily
distinguished by its greasy-lookiug pileus and cartilaginous
stem. The pileus is at first dark-bay, but as it dies exhibits
various pallid tints. Stem often compressed. A. compressus.
Sow. t. 66, is very doubtful, hut I believe it to be Hygrophorus
ovinns. A. concinnus. Bolt. t. 15, is described as
clothed with a viscid slippery fluid, and therefore cannot
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