CLASSIFICATION OP AG MM S 





ThiB species is the center of a "group," includij ■< 

 lentinoides, C. estenais Morg., r. ,/,,,/„*./ and ''. acervoto, which maj 

 '"' called the "dryophila" group. There seem to be a whole serh 

 variations, connecting 0. dryophila and C*. ati*yn id the 



hand, and C. dryophila and 0. b^uom on the other. It i> difflcull 

 in many cases to refer individual collections in a rerj strict waj t-. 



toe species menti id, excepl bj generalising the descriptions, in 



,,lis report, it seemed besl to select plants * hich well tit the Priesian 

 descriptions, and dra* our descriptions from them, and consider In- 

 termediate plants as "forms" or "varieties" of these, leaving such 

 identifications to the students. Secretan, long ago, named a nom 

 be* of these varieties; but Buch Dames carrj very little meaning, 

 even the varieties may vary, li is very probable that the variel 

 occur under different influences of habitat, i. • -.. grow In different 

 s "il- under different moisture conditions, etc. The spore print i^ 

 white at first, but may become yellowish-tinged with age, The 

 plants appear at their besl growing from thick mats of leaves and 

 liiiimis, and are then often caespitose and the stems are covered 

 toward the base with a while down. The caps are delicious when 

 fried with bread-crumbs and ess. 



799. Collybia lentinoides Pk. 

 N. Y. State Rep. 32, 1879. 



"PILEUS L-2.5 cm. broad, convex <>r nearly plane, obtuse, gla 

 brous, hygrophanous, reddish-brown or chestnut color when moi 

 reddish-tan color when dry. GILLS adnexed, narrow, close, \cl 

 serrate on edge. STEM 3-5 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick, equal, 

 even or slightlj striate, hollow, Blightly pruinose at top, - ; 

 whitish. SPORES 6 7.:. \ I micr. 



"This species bears some resemblance to C. dryophila, from which 

 it i* differentiated by its hygrophanous pileus, serrated gills and 

 white stem." 



Reported by Longyear. Swamps. Summer. Apparently r 



800. Collybia strictipes Pk. Edibi 



X. V. State Mus. Rep. il. L888 

 illustration : Plate CLX l of this Repo 



PILEUS 2.5 t" 6.5 cm. broad, convei then plane, margin 



