56 AGARICINI. 



On logs and trunks of trees. Common. [United States.] 



Cffispitose; pileus 1-3 in. broad, smooth, slimy, of a beautiful tawny colour, 

 convex, expanded, flesby, margin thin, sub-transparent ; gills ventricose, 

 broad, scarcely adnnte, ochraceous ; stem 2-9 in. high, f in. thick, incurved, 

 velvety, rich tawny brown, pale above, often compressed and striate, fistulose. 

 — M. J. B. Spores variable in size, nearly globular, average length, '00027 in. 



144. Agaricus (Collybia) caulicinalis. Bull. "Thatch 



Collybia." 



Pilens somewhat fleshy, convex, then plane, nmbilicate, clothed 

 with velvety scales, or fibrillose ; stem stnffed, then fistnlose, 

 tough, more or less hairy ; gills separating, then free, ventricose, 

 rather distant, white. — Bull. t. 522, f. 2. A.stipitarius. Fr. Eincr. 

 p. 87. Alb. ^ Sell. t. 9,/. 6. Berh. Outl. t. 5,/. • . IIuss. i. t. 68. 



On grass, old thatch, twigs, &c. [United States.] 



Pileus clothed with tawny or brown hairs, or fibres, which sometimes form 

 scales, 4-5 lines broad ; stem 1-2 in. long, tough, bright brown. 



145. Agaricus (Collybia) confluens. P. " Confluent Collybia." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, flaccid, 

 smooth, hygrophanous ; stem 'fistulose, slightly compressed, 

 rufous, clothed with white, pulverulent down; gills remote, free, 

 narrow, very crowded, whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. fc8. Pers. Ic. Pict. 

 t. 5./. 1. Buxh. iv. t, 20. Batsch.f. 104. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 46. 



Amongst leaves in woods. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 1 in. across, reddish brown, in rings or confluent masses ; gills leav- 

 ing a distinct area round the top of the stem ; stems adhering to each other; 

 densely tufted, at first convex, at length expanded, obsoletely umbouate, 

 more or less irregular and compressed, the margin when fresh finel}"- striate ; 

 gills distinct, perfectly free, linear, finely serrulate, pale, changing to cream 

 colour; stem 2 in. high, or more, above 1 line thick, compressed, thickest 

 upwards, pale rufous below, the whole covered with white mealy pubescence, 

 not strigose. — M. .7. B. 



146. Agaricus (Collybia) ingratus. ScJivjn. " UniDleasant 



Collybia." 



Pileus rather fleshy, globose, campanulate, or convex, umbo- 

 nate, even; stem fistulose, long, contorted, rather compressed, 

 pulverulent or downy, especially above, umber below ; gills free, 

 narrow, very crowded, pallid. — Fr. Epicr.p. 88. Berk. Out. p. 117. 



Var. B. Pileus convex, obtuse ; stem villoso-pulverulent. — 

 Berk. Out. p. 117. 



In woods. 



Difi"ers principally from A. confluens in the gills not leaving a free space 

 round the top of the stem. — M. J. B. 



