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1 3 9 . A g a r icu s (Collybia) p la ty p h y llu s . Fr.
Collybia.”
“ Broad-gilled
Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, becoming plane,
obtuse, moist, strealpd with little fibres; stem stuffed, equal, soft,
naked, striate, pallid, ending abruptly; gills truncate, adnexed
distant, broad, white.—Dr. Epicr. p. 82. Bull. t. 594. Paul t
97,f . 1-2. Buxb. iy. t. 18. Ann. N .H . nos. 263, 323.
In woods, amongst leaves. Eare. [S. Carolina.]
Pdens 5 in. or more across, smooth, hygrophanous, expanded, with a broad
nmbo, sinuated and undulate, thin, except in the centre, umber shaded with
bistre, more or less virgate, but by no means silky, though it has a sleek shining
aspect, flesh brownish beneath the sub-cartilaginous cuticle, in other parts
hrm and white; stem 2J in . high, J in. thick, nearly equal, obtuse, stringy
slightly twisted, streaked, smooth, not rooting; gills broad, truncato-adnexed
A/ J B ***’ length pallid, distant, smell strong, taste not unpleasant__
The variety (A . repetís), with a stout creeping mycelium, has also
been found m B rita in .-(Ga rd G/uwi., 1861, 926,/p .) Spores '0005 X
UUÜ7 in.
1 4 0 . A g a r icu s (Collybia) fu s ip e s .
Collybia.”
Bu ll. “ Spindle-stem
Tough ; pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth, even, or rimóse,
umbo evanescent ; stem stuffed, then hollow, contorted,
swollen, sulcate, fusiform and rooting ; gills adnexed, nearly free’,
at length separating behind, broad, distant, connected by veins’
white, then the colour of the pilens.—Er. Epicr. p . 83. Bull. t.
106, 5 1 6 ,/. 2. Sow. 1.129. Vent. 1.19, / . 5-7. Krombh. t. 42, /
9-11. Schoeff. t. 87-88. FI. Dare. ¿.1607. Batt. t. 20, B . Berk.
Outl. t. 5, f . 5. H u ss.ii.t.4 8 . Cooke, B .F . t. 5. Eng. F I. y . p . 4 5 .
Price,/. 85. Hogg. 4 Johnst. 1.14.
On stumps. Very common. Esculent.
Densely tufted ; pileus I J in. or more broad, when young hemispherical,
smooth, dull vinous brown, fleshy ; margin incurved, then expanded, cracked,
sometimes tesselated and warty, paler, but here and there towards the margin
marked With dark patches, as if burnt ; gills pale, umber, free, or only apparently
adnate, sometimes rounded behind, and then separating from the stem,
■mth a rather watery appearance, though dry, connected by veins, distant :
stem 2-6 m. long, ^-1 in. thick, ventricose, rooting, paler than the pileus,
marked towards the base with little dark specks, striate longitudinally, often
cracked; substance within loose and fibrous, at length hollow : taste agree-
able.—A/. J .B . Spores‘0002 X '00013in.
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Var. æd ematopus,
Pall. Ross. i. t. 9 ,/. 2.
Fr. Gills unequally decurrent, pallid.—
( PI. I I . f . 6, reduced.)
141. A g a r icu s (Collybia) m a cu la tu s .
Collybia.”
A. 4'. s. “ Spotted
Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, even,
smooth; stem stout, ventricose, striate, attenuated below, abrupt;
gills free, crowded, rather linear, white, as well as the stem.—Dr.
Epicr.p. 84. Sow. t. 246. Huss. ii. t. 60. Eng. FI. Y . p . 45.
In fir woods. Not common.
Pileus 2-3 in. across, at first white, then spotted, as welt as the stem, with
reddish brown, even, smooth, truly carnose, rather compact, hemispherical at
first with an involute margin, then quite plane, margin often repand white
here and there spotted with rufous, at length altogether dirty rufous • gills
free, very close, narrow, scarcely above 2 lines broad, linear, dirty pallid-
stem 3-4in. high, but much drawn out when growing amongst moss 4-10
lines thick, stout, unequal, more or less ventricose and attenuated below.—
Fries. Spores nearly globular, length *0002 in,
(PL I I ., fig. 6, small figure.)
1 4 2 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) b u ty ia c e u s .
Collybia.”
Bull. “ Buttery
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, nmbonate, even, smooth,
moist, changing colour,flesh becoming white ; stem stuffed, externally
cartilaginous, conical, striate, reddish brown; gills nearly
free, crowded, crenulate, white.—Dr. Epicr. p . 84. Bull. t. 572.
Buxh.\Y . t . 5 . / . I . Ba tt . t . l6 ,G. E n g .F I . Y .p .46.
In woods, especially of fir. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Pileus IJ in. broad, sub-carnose, convex, expanded, umbonate, sub-viscid,
of a Imd ochre, or dull green, when quite young of a livid brown, the margin
sub rufescent, but a portion below the umbo soon grows pale, so that the
pilens appears of four colours; the umbo always dark, sometimes the rest of
the pileus IS pale, rufescent, or ochraceous, margin occasionally striate, flesh
white, mottled with rufous; gills close, free, not ventricose, rouaded, edge
rather uneven and notched; stem l J -2 in. high, f in. thick below, some whit
twisted, smooth, slightly striate, downy at the bulbous base, stuffed, white
within, outer coat of a different structure and pubescent.—M. J. B.
Sect. 2. Velutipedes—stem veivety, floccose, or pruinose.
1 4 3 . Ag a r icu s (Collybia) v e lu t ip e s . Curt. “ Velvet-stemmed
Collybia.”
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, ohtuse, smooth, viscid ;
stem stuffed, velvety, rooting, dark-bay; gills adnexed, distant,
yellowish.—Dr. Epicr. p. 86. Curt. FI. L . t. 70. Huss.i t 56
m t . t 135. Krombh. t. 44, f . 6-9, t. 62, f . 21. Tratt. Austr. t. 7.
Batsch. f . 122. Paul. 1.104, f .5 - 6 . Coohe exs.no.301. Vent t.
20. f . 3-4. Batt. t. 22 G. Eng. F I. v. p . 44. Vaill. t. 12, f . 8-9.
Bull. t. 344,519,/. 2.