Agaricaceee 



Coiiybia. Gills slightly adnexed, somewhat free, thin, crowded, notched at the 

 edge, white, never spotted-reddish, Stevenson. 



Spores 6-10x3-5^ B.; elliptical, 7-9x4-5^. 



Cap greasy looking. Uml)0 dark. 



The color of the cap is variable. The species differs from C. dry- 

 ophila in having an umbonate pileus, slightly uneven gill-edges and 

 stem which tapers upward. 



Solitary and in troops under coniferous trees. Spring, autumn. 



West Virginia, Chester county and Eagle's Mere, Pa., Mcllvaine. 



The caps cook quickly, are tender and have a good flavor. 



VESTI'PEDES. 

 * Gills broad, rather distant. 



C. velll'tipes Curt. vclntum, velvet ; pes, a foot. PileilS 1-4 in. broad 

 (Plate XXIX.) in the same cluster, tawny, some- 

 times paler at the margin, moder- 

 ately fleshy at the disk, but thin at 

 the circumference, convex then soon 

 becoming plane, often eccentric, ir- 

 regular and bent backward, smooth, 

 viscous; margin spreading and at 

 length slightly striate. Flesh watery, 

 soft, slightly tawny-hyaline. Stem 

 1-3 in. long, 1-4 lines thick, tough, 

 externally cartilaginous, limber then 

 becoming black, densely, minutely vel- 

 vety , commonly ascending or twisted, 

 commonly equal, even, internally 

 fibrous-stuffed and hollow. Gills 

 broader and rounded behind, slightly 

 adnexed, so as at first sight to appear 

 free, somewhat distant, very unequal, 

 becoming pallid-yellow or tawny . Fr. 



Spores ellipsoid, 7/A W. G. S.; 6x4^ B. ; elliptical, 7x3-3.5^ Massee. 



Our American plant, common to the states, is rarely found attaining 

 such dimensions. Its usual size is from 12 in. across, more frequently 



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COLLYBIA VELUTIPES. 



Natural size. 



