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Whole plant of a beautiful amethystine v io le t= La c c a ria ame-
thystina, Berk. I. c. Sow. t. 187.
var, to r tilis. Bolton t. 41, fig. A.
Tort'ilis=twisted, winding ; from its irregular form.
Small, irregular, often ciespitose ; but in all respects resembling
in miniature the type form.—F r. Hym. E u r. 109. Laccaria to rtilis,
Berk. Grev. xii. p. 70.
A t the roots of trees, and by roadsides.
1 9 2 . A g a iicu s (Clitocyhe) S a d le ii. B e r k . Ann. Nat. Hist. No. 1734.
Sad'leri, in honour of the late Mr. John Sadler, of Edinburgh,
who first discovered it.
Caispitose, strong scented, pileus piano-depressed or umbilicate,
yellow, centre brownish, at first silky, then growing smooth ; stem
thickened downwards, yellow, clad with brownish fibrils, becoming
smooth ; gills lemon-yelloio, thin, very much crowded, decurrent,
margin quite entire.— (7007« Illus. t. 127.
On an oak tub in conservatory .
Pileus 2-2^ in. Stem 3-4 in., x in. thick, except at the base. Taste intensely
acrid! Habit very much that of Ag. fasoioularis.
Sub.-Gen. 6. COLLYBIA . P r. Epicr. p. 81.
Collyb'ia, from KoXXii/3os=a small coin or small round cake.
Pileus a t first convex, with an involute margin ; stem with a
cartilaginous bark, of a different substance from the hymenophore,
but confluent with it ; gills adnate or slightly attached (not
decurrent) ; mostly epiphytal,
* Gills white, or brightly coloured, not cinereous.
a. Stria sp b d b s. Stem stiff, hollow, or with a spongy pith,
sulcate or striate.
Gills broad, rather distant.
1 9 3 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) la d ic a tu s . Relh. Cantab.p. 529.
jBaci!fca'ius=furnished (conspicuously) with a root, radix.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, wrinkled, glutinous ; stem
stuffed, tall, attenuated upwards, rooting, rigid, smooth : gills
adnexed, distant, white.—Fr. Hym. Eur. 109. Sow. t. 48. Grev.
t. 217. Berk. Outl. t. 5 , / . 4. Huss. i. t. 15. Price, f . 98. Cooke
Illus. t. 140.
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On the ground, &c.
Pilens 3-4 in. across, flat, fasco-ochraceous, olivaceous, Ac., often irregular.
Stem 4-8 in. high, about f in. thick, refnsoent within. Spores '00041 X
'00068 in.
1 9 4 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) lon g ip e s. Bull. Ohamp. t. 232.
Long'ipes=Y!\t\i a long foot ; from longus -1- pes.
Pileus fleshy, thin, conical, then expanded, umbonate, dry,
slightly velvety ; stem stuffed, tall, attenuated upwards, villose, a t
length sulcate ; root long, fusiform ; gills rounded behind, rather
distant, white.—F r. Hym. Eur. 110. Huss. i. t. 80. Ag. pudens,
Ann. N .H . no. 64. Cooke Illus. t. 201.
On old stumps, &c.
Stem quite as velvety as in A. veluUpes, and the pileus, especially its
margin, more or less so, and by no means glutinous.
1 9 5 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) p la ty p h y llu s. Fr. Bym. Bur. 110.
Plat'y-phyllus, from 7rXaTÚs=broad, and <pvk\ov=a leaf ; from
the broad gills.
Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, becoming plane,
obtuse, moist, streaked with little fibres ; stem stuffed, equal, soft,
naked, striate, pallid, ending abruptly ; gills truncate, adnexed,
distant, broad, white.—Bull. t. 594. Cooke Illus. t. 128.
In woods, amongst leaves.
Of a large size. Pileus 3-4 in. Stem 3-4 in. long. Substance fragile.
1 9 6 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) sem ita lis . Fr. Bym. E a r. 111.
Semita'lis=\ie¡\ongmg to or growing on waysides, semUae.
Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, convexo-plane, <
smooth, moist ; stem fibrous, stuffed, fibrillose striate, with a membranaceous
cartilaginous cuticle; gills obtusely affixed (with a
decurrent tooth) distant, distinct, white, becoming blackish when
touched.— Cooke Illu s. t. 292.
By th e bare side of the road.
Pileus livid or becoming whitish, 1-4 in. broad. Stem from 2-4 iu. long.
1 9 7 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) fu s ip e s . Bull. Champ, t. 106.
Fu'sipes, from fu su s— & spindle, and pes— a foot ; from the
tapering stem and root.
Tongh ; pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth, even, or
rimóse, umbo evanescent; stem stuffed, then hollow, contorted,