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twisted spirally, grooved, contorted, tlie middle swollen, tlie top 

 and bottom attenuate, spindle-shaped, naked, rooting. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, tough. Stem fistulose, fibrous. 

 Gills pallid, drab, or becoming brownish, sometimes rounded 

 behind and free, or adnexed. Odour of nuts. Flavour agreeable. 

 Spores white. 



Ohs. In chapter vii. Common, plentiful, a well-attested, excellent, and 

 •ubolesome viand. — W. D. H. 



(27.) AGARICUS LONGIPES ; CoUybia longipes ; The 

 Long-shank. 



Habitat. In shady woods among leaves, on half-buried stumps. 

 Solitary. 



Season. August to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, tan or pale brown ; at first 

 conical, then expanded, convex, umbonate ; thin, dry, velvety. 

 Margin even, patent, tomentose. 



Stem. Three to eight inches high, huffish, attenuate, slender, 

 sulcate, tomentose, velvety, villose below, naked, root long and 

 twisting. 



Section. Flesh pallid, thin, tough. Stem stufPed. Gills white, 

 distant, broad, rounded behind, adnate. Odour faint, sickly. 

 Taste harsh. Spores white. 



Ohs. I can say nothing in favour of this species, except that it has been 

 classed among esculents both in France and America, Inexperience might 

 confound it with A. velutipes, a congener of which nothing is known. These 

 and other Collybias last long in mild winters. — W. D. H. 



(28.) AGARICUS RADICATUS ; Collybia radicata; The 

 Ilooting-shank. 



Habitat. On stumps and buried dead tree-roots. Singly or in 

 tufts. 



Season. August to October. Common, 



Pileus. Three to four inches across, dusky buff; convex, then 

 plane, sub-umbonate, radiato-rugose, smooth, viscid, tough, elastic, 

 perhaps inverted. 



Stem. Three to eight inches high, pale brown, slender, twisted, 

 attenuate, striate, furfuracoons, naked, rooting deeply. 



Section. Flesh pallid, elastic, thin. Stem stuffed, brittle, juicy, 

 splitting, rufescent, at length fistulose. Gills white, distant, 



