1921] The Collybias of North Carolina 85 



hairs, color of cap dark brown C. Earleae (4) 



8. Growing on earth, leaves or wood 10 



9. Growing on logs; gills crowded C myriadophylla (6) 



9. Growing on earth; gills not crowded and with spiny cystidia. .C. lilacina (21) 



10. Usually on leaves ; cap center often rugose and always rugose on drying, color 

 yellowish tan with center reddish; spores pip-shaped, about 3.5 - 4.5 x 

 6 - 9m C. nummularia (5) 



10. On earth, wood or leaves; cap center smooth and usually drying smooth; 



color pinkish tan or yellowish brown, the center darker; spores elliptic, 

 about 3-3.8 x 5-7/x C. dryophila (3) 



11. Cap distinctly viscid C. velutipes (16) 



11. Cap rough-pubescent or squamulose 12 



11. Not as above 13 



12. Cap gray or brov\Tiish-gray, not zonate C. siipitaria (20) 



12. Cap rich tawny color, zonate C. zonata (19) 



13. Cap hygrophanous C. confluens (18) 



13. Cap not hygrophanous C. hariolorum (17) 



1. CoUybia maculata A. & S. 



Plates 4 and 23 



Cap up to 8.5 cm. wide, usually 4-6 cm., convex, slightly viscid, 

 smooth, even, dull or faintly shining, not at all striate, color nearly 

 white or a light flesh-pink with darker areas and stains of pinkish- 

 brick color which seem to be the result of rubbing. Center usually 

 not darker than the margin. Flesh white or slightly pinkish, 1 cm. 

 thick in center, thinner towards margin, dense and pliable, odor de- 

 cidedly woody, taste bitterish and distinctly astringent, sometimes 

 tardily so. 



Gills colored like the cap and staining pinkish-brick on bruising; 

 crowded, sinuate attached, narrow, 2-3.5 mm. deep, many short ones, 

 none branched, margin eroded. 



Stem 5-10 cm. long usually rather deeply rooted, white, even or 

 slightly larger at either end, tough, elastic, fibrous, with a central cyl- 

 inder that is lightly stuffed or hollow ; surface minutely tomentose ex- 

 cept at base where it is decidedly hairy; the hairs white or a very light 

 cream color. 



Spores (of No. 1298) cream color, elhptic, 2.9-3.8 x 4.2-5 [x. Eas- 

 ily distinguished from C. dryophila (which is nearest) by the brick- 

 colored stains. 



131. Low dense woods, Glen Burnie Farm, October 4, 1908. 

 594. Along branch below Howell's Spring, October 18, 1912. Spores cream 

 color, elliptic, smooth, 3-3.7 X 4.7m. 



