64 AGARICACEyE Collybia 



glands or abortive pilel, colour as P. Attached to Sclcrotium 

 lacunosum. G. adnate, white. 

 Terrestrial and on putrid fungi, chiefly Agarics ; very rare. Autumn. 



1 X if X 32 in. Turns black in drying. 



c. Lcevipedes. 



250. C. eollina Quel, (from its frequent habitat ; collinus, a hill) a b c. 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, somewhat viscid, pale yellowish- 

 brown. St. colour as P. G. adnexo-toothed, white. 



Usually gregarious. Grassy slopes, about beech-stumps ; uncommon. Oct. 



2 x 4? X & in. 



251. C. thelephora Sacc. (from its bearing a small umbo on the 



pileus ; Gr. thele, a nipple, phero, to bear) a b. 

 P. campanulate, brown or yellow-brown, paler at marg. St. 



brown above and whitish below, or the reverse. G. adnato- 



toothed, white to yellowish. 

 Gregarious. Inodorous. Peat-bogs, partly dry sphagnum -bogs. i§X3ix^in. 



A near ally of 250. 



252. C. ventrieosa Gill, (from the enlarged lower part of stem ; 



venter, the belly) a b c. Pale warm-brownish. 

 P. campanulato-convex, slightly umbonate. St. attenuate upwards 



and attenuato-rooting, darker below. G. broadly adnato- 



toothed. 

 Woods. Oct. 2§ x 3§ X T 3 s in. 



253. C. Stevensonii Sacc. (after the Rev. Dr. Stevenson, mycologist) a. 

 P. semi-ovate, viscid, pallid yellow. St. attenuate downwards, 



deeply rooting, whitish-yellow above, brownish below. G. very 



broad, adnato-toothed, white. 



Old pastures. Aug. § X 2§ x T V in. Resembling in habit members of 

 Psathyra. 



254. C. psathyroides Sacc. (from its resemblance to members of 



Psathyra) a. Ivory-white. 

 P. semi-ovate or conic, subviscid. St. not rooting. G. broadly 



adnato-toothed. 

 Oct. £ X 3f X £ in. Greatly resembles a Mycena. Allied to 253. 



255. C. xanthopus Quel (from the yellow stem ; Gr. xanthos, yellow, 



pous, a foot) a b c. 



P. campanulato-convex, subumbonate, whitish to deep biscuit ; 



urn. sienna. St. strigose at base, yellow to sienna-biscuit. G. 



adnexo-free, whitish. 



Pine-woods, amongst cones, leaves and twigs. July-Nov. if X 2j X \ in. 

 Not unlike 1394 in general appearance. 



256. C. nitellina Gill, (from its colour ; nitella, a dormouse) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, smooth, reddish-tan or brown, sometimes pale. 



St. yellow above, brown below, or tan. G. adnate, attenuate 



in front, tan. 



Solitary or gregarious. Odour none. By roads and paths in woods. May- 

 Oct. 2\ x 35 X T 3 £ in. There is a very small umbonate variety. Allied 

 to Clitocybe. 



