Collybia AGARIC ACE^ 6 1 



231. C. fodiens W. G. Sm., Agaricus fodiens Kalch. (from the rooting 



stem ; fodiens, digging) a. 

 P. convex, faintly yellowish ; mid. ochreous-flesh-colour. St. 



ventricose, attenuate downwards, rooting, white. G. rounded 



or emarginate-free, yellowish-white. 

 Odour of meal. Grass-borders. Oct. 3J x 5^ X I in. 



232. C, prolixa Gill, (from the stretched out appearance of the 



pileus ; prolixus, stretched out) a b. 

 P. campanulate, subumbonate, rufescent-brown ; mid. darker. 



St. solid or imperfectly hollow, often contorted, paler than P. 



G. rounded-free, whitish, unspotted. 

 In dense clusters on leaf-heaps. Aug.-Sept. 4§ x 4! X £ in. 



233. C. distorta Quel, (from the twisted stem) a b c. 



P. convex, subumbonate, buff-brown ; mid. darker, usually with 



darker blotches. St. attenuate upwards, pale brown. G. 



rounded-free, livid white, stained brown if bruised. 



Gregarious or fasciculate. Taste insipid ; odour strong, mephitic, like 35. 

 On tree-roots, pine, rotten pine-trunks, heaps of leaves. Oct. -Nov. 

 2§ X 4 X § in. Somewhat resembling 230. 



234. C. butyraeea Quel, (from the pileus, buttery to the touch ; 



btityrum, butter) a b c. 



P. plane, subumbonate, pale brown with a darker marginal 

 zone • mid. almost black. St. attenuate upwards, pale rufe- 

 scent or ochreous-brown. G. adnexed, white. Flesh pale 

 brown. 



Woods, fir. Jan.-Dec. 3| X i\ x \ in. Becomes whitish when dry. 



234a. C. bibulosa Mass. (from the bibulous substance) a b. 



P. fleshy, subglobose, obtuse, expanded, moist, very smooth, 

 even, deep olive- or blackish-green when moist, pale grey to 

 whitish when dry. St. cartilaginous, spongy within, stuffed to 

 imperfectly hollow, attenuate upwards, minutely striate, pale 

 clear warm-brown, often rooting into the wood. G. adnexo- 

 rounded, thin, edge subundulate, dingy. 



In groups of three or four. Stumps. Autumn. 2 X3 X f in. 



235. C. stridula Que'l. (strideo, to creak, derivation obscure), a b. 

 P. broadly umbonato-plane, dark brown. St. fibrous, paler than 



P. G. adnexed, pale brown. 

 On the ground. Oct. i\ X i\ X \ in. 



235a. C. pulla Gill, ({xomfiultus, dark-coloured) a b. 



P. fleshy, thin, fragile, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, 

 smooth, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, shining dark rich 

 brown, purplish-bay, livid purplish-slate or nearly black, paler 

 when dry. St. hollow, twisted, somewhat striate, soft, naked, 

 sometimes slightly rooting, whitish. G. adnexed, somewhat 

 broad, crowded, transversely pellucid-striate, whitish. Flesh 

 white. 

 Under birch-trees, amongst Polytrichum. Oct. 2\ X 3§ X \ in. 



