108 MIS 1 1 ROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Collybia radicata. ReKl. 

 The; Rooting Coixybia. Edible. 



This, in its season, is one of the most common mushrooms in the woods. It 

 grows in the ground, frequently around old stumps, sometimes on lawns. 



Those in Figure J$ were found in the woods on the ground. ( )ne plant, as 

 will be seen by the square, is a foot high. 



It is easily recognized by its long root and flat cap. The root extends into 

 the ground and will frequently break before pulling up. This root gives name 

 to the species. 



The pileus is fleshy, rather thin, convex, then plane, often with margin up- 

 turned in old plants as in Figure 78, and frequently wrinkled at and toward the 

 umbo, smooth, viscid when moist. 



The color is quite variable, from almost white to gray, grayish-brown; flesh 

 thin, very white, elastic. 



The gills are usually snow white, broad, rather distant, broad in the middle, 

 joined to the stem by the upper angle, unequal. 



The stem is frequently long, of the same color as the cap, yet sometimes 

 paler ; smooth, firm, sometimes grooved, often twisted, tapering upward, ending in 

 a long tapering root, deeply planted in the soil. 



The spores are elliptical, 15XIO/X. 



They grow singly, but generally have many neighbors. They are found in 

 open woods and around old stumps. I seldom have any trouble in getting enough 

 for a large family and some for my neighbor, who may not know what to 

 but does know how to appreciate them. Found from June to October and from 

 the New England states through the middle west. They differ from C. hariolarum 

 in the densely tufted habit of the latter. 



Colybia in grata. Sclutiu. 



Ingrata means unpleasant; from its somewhat unpleasant odor. 



The pileus is one to two inches broad, globose, bell-shaped, then convex, 

 umbonate, even, brownish-tan. 



The gills are free, narrow, crowded, pallid. 



The stem is twisted, subcompressed, sprinkled with a mealy tomentum above, 

 umber l>elow, hollow, rather long, unequal. 



I found this plant quite abundant on Cemetery Hill, growing under pine 

 trees, from the mas- of pine needles. Found in July and August, 



