66 AGARICACE/E Collybia 



263. C. aquosa Gill, (from its watery substance ; aa?ia, water) a b c. 

 P. plane to sub depressed, tan-ochreous to ochreous. St. fibrillose 



at base, ochreous-brown. G. adnexo-free, pale yellowish. 

 Woods, damp places, amongst moss. Autumn, if x 2| x J in. 



264. C. extuberans Quel, (from the broad umbo ; extuberans, swell- 



ing) a b c. 

 P. olive-brownish. St. attenuate downwards, pale grey-brownish. 

 G. adnexo-toothed, white. 



Usually solitary when on the ground, caespitose and smaller when on trunks. 

 Odour none. Amongst grass, hillsides. May-Sept, if X 3| X ^ 6 in. 



265. C. exseulpta Gill, (from the cut-out, smuato-rounded gills) a b c. 

 P. plane, subumbilicate, dull ochreous-orange or umber, pale 



whitish-buff when dry ; mid. darker. St. equal or subbulbous, 

 ochreous or sulphur, darker below. G. adnato- or adnexo- 

 toothed, subdecurrent, sulphury. 



Gregarious. Taste and odour strong, mushroom-like, but with a suggestion 

 of tar. Trunks, dead wood, on the ground. May-Oct. ih X 2 x £ in. 

 Dry, tough, reviving with moisture after the manner of a Marasmius. 



266. C. maeilenta Gill, (inacies, leanness) a. 



P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, deep yellow. St. yellow. G. 

 adnexo-free, bright yellow. Flesh pallid yellowish. 



Woods, pine, on leaves. Autumn. i£ X 2 J x j g in. Resembles some of 

 the slender yellow Efygrophori. 



267. C. elavus Que'l. (from the nail-like shape, davits) a c. 



P. hemispherical, orange-vermilion. St. substrigose at base, 



whitish, brownish below. G. adnexed, whitish. 

 On fir, twigs, leaves, moss ; rare. Oct. \ x % X g ' 5 in. 



268. C. oeellata Quel, (from the eye-like umbonate umbilicus • ocellus, 



a little eye) a b c. 

 P. white ; mid. pale sienna. St. attenuate downwards, rooting, 



fibrillose, brownish-white, or buff above and white below. G. 



adnate, white. 

 Pine-woods, amongst leaves, grassy places, on Jiingermannia ; uncommon. 



Sept.-Oct. | X 2 x T ' e in. 



269. C. museigena Quel, (from its habitat ; muscus, moss, gigno, to 



bear) a. White. 

 P. hemispherical, pellucid, thin. G. adnate. 

 Amongst moss and grass, near trunks. Aug. f X ih X T 'g in. 



270. C. leueomyosotis Sacc. (from its resemblance to a pale form of 



736, Naucoria Myosotis ; Gr. leukos, white) a b. 



P. convex, broadly umbonate, pale translucent umber ; marg. 



striate. St. brittle, subpruinose above, colour as P. G. 



adnato-sinuate, thick, somewhat distant, whitish. 



Strong-scented, somewhat fragrant. On Sphagnum in wet places in bogs. 

 May. if X 3f X \ in. Whitish when dry. 



