120 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



I. STPtlAEPEDES. 



* Gills broad, rather distant. 



Collybia radicata. Eelb. 



Pileus H-4 in. across, flesli tliin, soft, elastic, wlii*:e, 

 convex then expanded, more gibbous than iimbonate, often 

 irregular, glutinoiTS, radiately rugose or wrinkled ; browni.-h- 

 olive, ochraceoiis-brown, sometimes with a greenish tinge, 

 rarely altogether white ; gills narrowed behind and adnexed, 

 often with a decurrent tooth, at length separating more or 

 ]e-s from the stem, ventricose, distant, rather thick, white ; 

 htem 4—7 in. lonii, 3-5 lines thick at the base, from where it 

 becomes gradually thinner upwards, glabrous, but at length 

 m'>re or less striately grooved, the cartilaginous cuticle often 

 twisted, greyish-pallid, base fusiformly rooting, often 6-8 in. 

 long, descending vertically; spores elliptical, 14-15 X 8-9 /x. 



Agaricus radicatus, Relh., Cant., no. 10-iO; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 62; Cke., Illustr., pi. 140. 



In woods and grassy places under trees. 



Distinguished by the viscid, rugulose pileus and the long, 

 polished stem, ending in a long, tapering root. 



C. longi^es differs in the more or less downj' pileus and 

 stem. 



Pileus 3 in. or more broad, flat, more or less umbonate, 

 radiato-rugose, smooth, at first slimy, carnose, tough ela>tic, 

 delicate fusco ochraceous, olivaceous, etc., often irregular, 

 triangular, &c. Gills white, thick, distant, ventricose, 

 adnate, with or without a tooth, sometimes almost decurrent. 

 Sp(»res white, nearly round. Stem 4—8 in. high, about i^ of 

 an inch thick, attenuated upwards, twisted, not smooth but 

 rather fui fiiraceous, sometimes striate above with raised 

 lines, paler than the pileus, juicy, brittle, splitting longi- 

 tudinally, but sometimes tough, stuffed at length, sometimes 

 hollow, ruft scent within, penetrating very deeply into the 

 ground by a fusiform root. (Berk.) 



Collybia longipes. Bull. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh rather thin, conical then ex- 

 panded, umbonate, dry, minutely downy or velvety, pale 

 brown; gills adnexed and rounded behind, li-2 lines broad, 



