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MTSHKOOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Collybia dryophila. Bull. 

 Oak-Loving Collybia. Edible. 



Dryophila is from two Greek words, oak and fond of. The pileus is bay- 

 brown, hay red, or tan color, one or two inches broad, convex, plane, sometimes 

 depressed and the margin elevated, flesh thin and white. 



The gills are free with a d c Curren t tooth, crowded, narrow, white, or whitish, 

 rarely yellow. 



The stem is cartilaginous, smooth, hollow, yellow, or yellowish, equal, some- 

 times thickened at the base as will he seen in Figure 80. The color of the stem 



Photo by ( . <-'. Lloyd. 

 i-'ic.irk 80. Cotlybw dryophila. Natural iae. Caps bay-brown. 



