74 BRITISH FUNGI. 



Agaricus (Collybia) distortus. Fr. " Distorted Collybia." 

 Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtusely umbonate, smooth, 

 even, growing* pallid ; stem somewhat hollow, ventricose, tomentose, 

 attenuated, somewhat twisted, sulcate, pallid ; gills slightly adnexed, 

 subserrate, narrow, very much crowded ; white, then spotted with 

 reddish-brown. — Fr. Ep. p. 84. B. fy Br., Ann. N.H., No. 1205. 

 At the roots of trees. Oct. Bowood. 



Agaricus (Collybia) coracinus. Fr. " Rancid Collybia." 

 Strong smelling. Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then expanded, 

 rather irregular, even, naked, hygrophanous ; stem hollow, rigid, 

 not rooting, subcompressed, squamulose with a white meal above ; 

 gills adnexed, seceding, scarcely crowded, rather broad, whitish- 

 grey.— Fr. Ep. p. 95. B. 4- Br., Ann. N. H. No. 1207. 

 In fir plantations. Nov. Batheaston. 



Pileus fuscous then grey, not silky, 1-J in. and more broad ; stem 

 tough, 1± in. high, 4 lines thick. 



Agaricus (Collybia) murinus. Batsch. "Brown Collybia." 

 Pileus rather fleshy, companulato-convex, then expanded, umbi- 



licate, smooth, then somewhat squamulose or rugulose, growing pale; 



stem hollow, cylindrical, not rooting ; gills slightly adnexed, broad, 



rather distant, dirty white, becoming pallid. — Batsch. f. 19. B. 4' Br. 



Ann. N. H. No. 1210. Fr. Obs. 2. p. 115. Fr. El. p. 97. 

 On the ground in woods. Marlborough Forest. Oct. 

 Pileus brownish, becoming pale. 



Agaricus (Collybia) clusilis. Fr. " Closing Collybia." 

 Pileus submembranaceous, hemispherical, expanded, umbilicate, 



smooth, hygrophanous ; margin rounded, inflexed, slightly striate ; 



stem stuffed with flocci, then hollow, smooth, flexile, not rooting; 



gills subarcuate, affixed, broad, semicircular, plane, white, growing 



pallid.— Fr. Ep., 98. B. $ Br., Ami. N. H., 1211. Bull, t. 4,11, f. 2. 

 Var. /3. Minor. Amongst Hypnum. Coed Coch. Oct., 1869. 

 Stem l-jr-2 in. high, 1 line thick ; pileus ^-1 in. broad. 



Agaricus (Mycena) cohaerens. A. $ S. "Velvety Mycena." 

 Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obsoletely um- 

 bonate, velvety, cinnamon-brown, growing pale ; stem horny, very 

 rigid, even, smooth, shining, bay, pallid above ; gills free, distant, 

 connected by slight veins, white, then yellowish, growing pallid. — 

 A. # S.p. 163. B. &.Br., Ann. N. H.,No. 1212. Fr. Ep.,p. 105. 

 On bramble. Feb. Batheaston. 



Agaricus (Mycena) atro-cyaneus. Batsch. " Dark-blue Mycena." 

 Fragile, inodorous ; pileus membranaceous, campanulate, then 

 convex, sulcate, covered with an evanescent white powder ; umbo 

 irregular, obtuse ; stem straight, filiform, dark-blue, base villose, 

 somewhat bulbous, gills attenuated, adnexed, lanceolate, distant, 

 whitish.— Batsch., f. 87. B. $ Br., Ann. N.H. No. 1213. Fr.Ep.im. 

 On the ground. Nov. Ascot. 

 Pileus 3-5 lines broad, brownish, then grey, becoming bluish. 



