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swollen, snlcate, fusiform and rooting ; gills adnexed, nearly free,
at length separating behind, broad, distant, connected by veins,
white, then the colour ot the pileus.— F r. Hym. Eur. 111. Sow.
i, 129. Berk. Outl. t. 5, f . b. IIuss. ii. t. 48. Cooke Illus. t. 141.
On stumps. Esculent.
Densely tufted; Pilens 1^ in. or more broad, dull vinous brown. Stem
2-6 in. long, ^-1 iu. thick. Spores '0002 X '00013 in.
var. oedematopus. Scliosff. Icon. t. 239.
Gills unequally deourrent, pallid.
Gills crowded, narrow.
1 9 8 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) m a cu la tu s. 4 . J <S. Cons. p. 186.
Macula 'Ziis=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.—F r. Hym. Eur.
112. Sow. t. 246. Huss. ii. t. 60. Cooke Illus. t. 142.
In fir woods.
Pilens 3-5 in. broad. Stem 3-4 in. long or more. At first wholly white,
becoming spotted with red.
var. im m a cu la tu s. Coohe Illus. t. 221.
Immacula'tus— not spotted.
Differing from the typical form in not changing colour or being
spotted, and in the broader and serrated gills.
In fir woods.
1 9 9 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) d is to itu s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 113.
D!Sio?’iMS=twisted.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtusely umbonate, smooth,
even, growing pallid; stem somewhat hollow, ventricose, tomentose,
attenuated, somewhat twisted, sulcate, pallid ; gills slightly adnexed,
subserrate, narrow, very much crowded ; white, then spotted with
reddish-brown.—Fr. Icon. t. 63, f . 1. Cooke Illus. t. 282.
A t the roots of trees. Oct.
Pileus 3 in. broad. Stem 3 in. long, gregarious.
2 0 0 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) b u ty ia c eu s . Bull. Champ, t. 572.
Butyra'ceus— hntiorj, from hutf'um=\>nttov.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, umbonate, even, smooth,
moist, changing colour, flesh becoming white ; stem stuffed, externally
cartilaginous, conical, striate, reddish brown; gills nearly
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free, crowded, crenulate, white.—F r . Hym. Eur. 113. Cooke Illus.
t. 143.
In woods, especially of fir.
Pileus 2-3 in. broad. Stem 2-3 iu. long, from i-1 in. thick at the base.
A g a iicu s (Collybia) x y lo p h ilu s . Weinm. in lAnn. x. 54.
Xyloph'ilus, from fuXou=wood, and <pt,kiw=l love.
_ Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, lax, then expanded, broadly
gibbous, sm o o th ; stem hollow, equal, ra th e r flexuous, fibrillose-
striate, whitish ; gills adnate, narrow, much crowded, white.—Fr.
Hym. Eur. 114. F r. Icon. t. 36, f . 2. Cooke Illu s. t. 262.
On stumps.
Cffispitose. Pileus 3 in. broad, whitish, or olay-coloured in the centre.
Stem 2-3 in. long, 3 lin. thick, brownish within.
b. V e s t ip ed e s . Stem thin, equal, fistulöse, or medullate,
even, velvety, floccose or pruinose.
Gills broad, rather distant.
2 0 2 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) v e lu tip e s . ChiH. Flor. Fond. t. 70.
Velut !/es=velvet-footed ; from the velvety stem.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, obtuse, smooth, viscid ;
stem stuffed, velvety, rooting, dark-bay; gills adnexed, distant,
yellowish.—F r. Hym. Eur. 115. Huss. i. t. 56. Bolt. t. 135.
Cooke Illus. t. 184 a.
On logs and trunks of trees.
Pileus tawny.yellow, 1-3 iu. broad.
2 0 3 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) la x ip e s . Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 115.
Lax'ipes, from ZaOTS=slack, loose, and p e s= a foot.
Pileus rather fleshy, flattened, convex, obtuse, smooth, moist;
stem stuffed, velvety rufous, lax, very long ; gills free, seceding,
distant, broad, ventricose, milk white.— Cuel. Jur. ii., t. 2, f 2
Cooke Illu s. i. 184, 6.
On chips.
Pileus white, small, scarcely exceeding i in. Stem dark, 2-3 in. long.
2 0 4 . A g a iicu s (Collybia) m im ic u s . W. O. Smith, MSS.
Mim'icus=VDin\io; from its similarity to A. cucumis.
Pileus smooth, with a thin separable cuticle, stem fibrillose
a t the base, fibrillose striate in the middle, and naked or slightly
pruinose at the apex. Gills very broad, somewhat distant, thin,
white.— Coo7« Illus. t. 129.
Amongst shavings.
“ Odonr and taste strong like fish. Agreeing in some points with
A. cucumis, but differing very materially in others.”—W. G, S.
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