124: FUNGUS-FLOPiA. 



■closely crowded, 1-2 lines broad, wliite then pallid ; stem 

 ^-4 in. long, ^-| in. thick, somewhat ventricose, striate or 

 channelled, white, becoming spotted like the pileus, base 

 attenuated and rooting, cartilaginous externally, stuffed or 

 sometimes hollow (wavy in slender forms) ; spores subglobose, 

 ■4—6 fM diameter. 



Agaricus macidatus, Albertini & Schweinitz, p. 186; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 64; Cke., Illnstr., ]A. 142. 



Agaricus (Collyhia) fodiens, Kalchbr., Icon. Hung., t. 36, 

 f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., p. 367; Cke., Illustr., ph 949. 



In pine and other woods ; among grass, &c. 



Var. immaculatus^ Cke., Hdbk., p. 64 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 -pi. 221. 



Differing from the typical form in not changing colour or 

 loeing spotted, and in the broader and serrated gills. 



In fir woods. 



Collybia prolixa. Fl. Dan. 



Pileus 3-4 in across, fragile, flesh rather thick, white ; 



-convex then expanded, broadly gibbous, lax, even, glabrous, 



tawmy with a brick-red tinge; margin often ii regular; 



gills free, crowded, narrow, quite entire, white, not spotted; 



stem 3 in. long, 4-6 lines thick, solid, almost equal, ending 



^abruptly, grooved, with a brick-red tinge; spores elliptical, 



apiculate, 8-9 X 5 /x. 



Agaricus proUxus, Fl. Dan., t. 1608; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 950. 

 Among leaves, &c. 

 Deni^ely tufted. (Cooke.) 



Large, up to a span. Stem firm, often scrobiculate ; 

 pileus fragile, rusty brick-red, becoming pale. (Fries.) 



Collybia distorta. Fr. 

 Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded, 

 Timbonate, very lax, even, glabrous, bay, becoming pale, but 

 not hygrophanous ; gills slightly adnexed, closely crowded, 

 Tather narrow, margin scarcely serrulate, white becoming 

 spotted with red ; stem about 3 in. long, up to ^ in. thick, 

 attenuated upwards from the tomentose base, twisted, 

 eulcate, pallid, fragile, externally cartilaginous, spongy 

 inside and soon hollow; spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /a. 



