Collybia AGARICACE^: 65 



257. C. sueeinea Quel. (from its colour ; succinum, amber) a b c. 



P. plano-convex, smooth, deep rich brown. St. colour as P. 

 G. adnate, white. 



Solitary. Odour none. Woods, mixed, grassy places, under trees. May- 

 Dec, if X if X J in. 



258. C. nummularia Gill, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus 



to a small coin, nummulus) a c. White, sometimes faintly 

 shaded ochreous or reddish. 

 P. expanded, slightly depressed, somewhat umbonate. St. 



attenuate downwards. G. adnexo-free. 



In troops, crespitose. Woods, mixed, amongst leaves and twigs. July-Nov. 

 If X 2fc X Jin. 



259. C. eseulenta Quel. (from its edible qualities) a b c. 



P. plane, dull ivory-ochreous to umber. St. attenuate downwards, 

 deeply rooting, yellow to pale reddish-brown. G. adnexed to 

 adnato-toothed, whitish. 



Gregarious. Edible. Taste bitter, agreeable to some, unpleasant to others. 

 Pastures, grassy places near plantations, pine-woods, sometimes on hotbeds ; 

 common. April-May. I X 5 X TS m - Sold in Austrian markets as food 

 under the name Nagelschwamme. 



260. C. tenaeella Quel. (fcnax, tough) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, brown or brownish to white. 



St. attenuate and fibrillose at base, whitish above, rufescent 



below. G. adnexo-toothed, whitish. 

 Solitary or in troops. Taste pleasant. On leaves and cones in pine-woods, 



and under cedars. April-Dec. i X 3f X J in. The va.r.stoloniferQni\. 



roots for four or more inches. It is difficult to distinguish 260 from 259, 



and neither must be confused with 246. 



260a. C. planipes Sacc. (from the plane stem ; plamis, plane, pes, a 



foot) a. 

 P. orbicular, expanded, somewhat viscid, bay. St. rooting, 



colour of P. G. free. 

 Caespitose. Woods. Sept. X i| X -fa in. 



261. C. aeervata Gill, (from its growing in dense clusters ; acervus, 



a heap) a b. 

 P. hemispherical, then flat, tan or brown. St. tan- to deep 



rufous-brown. G. adnexo-free, salmon. 

 Woods, fir, dead wood ; frequent. Sept.-Oct. 2i X 3^ X \ in. 



262. C. dryophila Quel. (Gr. drus, oak, philos, loving) a b c. 



P. plane, tan, brown or brownish when soddened ; mid. faintly 

 ochreous. St. villous at base, tan to brown. G. adnexo-free, 

 whitish. Flesh white. 



Dangerous when cooked according to a case cited by Dr. Badliam (Esculent 

 Funguses, 1863, p. 107). The taste when raw leaves a burning sensation 

 on the fauces and a sense of suffocation. Amongst leaves, woods, hedge- 

 bottoms, gardens, grassy places; common. May-Oct. 3i X 4| X J in. 

 Variable, gills sometimes sterile. Var. funicularis Karst. Large, tuited, 

 decumbent ; G. sulphur. 



