136 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



"broad, distant, white; stem 1| in. long, not 1 line thick, 

 equal, fibrillose, pulverulent above, externally and internally 

 lufons, rooting; spores 10-11 X 7-8 fi. 



Agaricus (CoJhjhia) Stevensoni, Berk, and Broome ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 68 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 14ob. 



On the ground. 



Somewhat resembling C. esculenta, but differing in the 

 pileus not becoming plane, and in the broad, distant, adnate 

 gills. 



Collybia psathyroides. Cooke. 



Ivory-white. Pileus about J in. broad, and nearly I in, 

 high, flesh thin ; campanulate, obtuse, rather viscid, margin, 

 regular, even; gills broadly adnate and with a decurreut 

 tooth, triangular, J in. and more broad, rather distant, persist- 

 ently white ; stem 3— i in. long, 1 line thick, equal, straight,, 

 hollow, rather tough ; spores elliptic-oblong, 15 X 7 /x. 



Agaricus {ColJijhia) psatliyroides, Cke., Hbk., p. 68; Cke.,, 

 Illustr., pi. 266. 



On the ground. 



A very remarkable and distinct species with the habit of 

 a Psatliyra. Known by being wholly white, and the very 

 broad and broadly adnate gills. 



Collybia xanthopoda. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, campanulately convex 

 then expanded, lax, umbonate, glabrous, dry, tan-colour 

 becoming pale, margin at length spreading and slightly 

 striate ; gills adnexed at first, soon free, truncate behind,, 

 crowded, very broad, lax, whitish ; stem 3-4 in. long, 2-3- 

 lines thick, tough, hollow, equal, even, glabrous, tawny- 

 yellow, base strigosely rooting. 



Agaricus (CoUi/hia) cianthojjus, Fr., Epicr., p. 91; Cke.,. 

 Hdbk., p. 69 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 203. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Allied to C. dryoplula, but distinguished by the umbo,, 

 very broad gills and strigose rooting base of stem. C. succinea 

 differs in not being umbonate. 



Collybia nitellina. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-1^ in. across, flesh thin, coloured ; convex then 

 expanded, even, shining, tawny, often with a brick-red 



