124 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



closely crowded, 1-2 lines broad, white then pallid ; stem 

 3-4 in. long, |-f in. thick, somewhat ventricose, striate or 

 channelled, white, becoming spotted like the pileus, base 

 -attenuated and rooting, cartilaginous externally, stuffed or 

 .sometimes hollow (wavy in slender forms) ; spores subglobose, 

 4-6 p diameter. 



Agaricus maculatus, Albertini & Schweinitz, p. 186; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 64; Cke., Illustr., pi. 142. 



Agaricus (Collybicf) fodiens, Kalchbr., Icon. Hung., t. 36, 

 f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., p. 367; Cke., Illustr., pi. 949. 



In pine and other woods ; among grass, &c. 



Var. immaculatus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 64; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 221. 



Differing from the typical form in not changing colour or 

 foeing spotted, and in the broader and serrated gills. 



In fir woods. 



Collybia prolixa. Fl. Dan. 



Pileus 3-4 in across, fragile, flesh rather thick, white ; 

 convex then expanded, broadly gibbous, lax, even, glabrous, 

 tawny with a brick-red tinge ; margin often ii regular ; 

 gills free, crowded, narrow, quite entire, white, not spotted ; 

 stem 3 in. long, 4-6 lines thick, solid, almost equal, ending 

 abruptly, grooved, with a brick-red tinge; spores elliptical, 

 apiculate, 8-9 x 5 p.. 



Agaricus prolixus, Fl. Dan., t. 1608; Cke., Hdbk., p. 368; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 950. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Densely tufted. (Cooke.) 



Large, up to a span. Stem firm, often scrobiculate ; 

 -pileus fragile, rusty brick-red, becoming pale. (Fries.) 



Collybia distorta. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded, 

 umbonate, very lax, even, glabrous, bay, becoming pale, but 

 not hygrophanous ; gills slightly adnexed, closely crowded, 

 rather narrow, margin scarcely serrulate, white becoming 

 spotted with red ; stem about 3 in. long, up to 4 in. thick, 

 attenuated upwards from the tomentose base, twisted, 

 ,-sulcate, pallid, fragile, externally cartilaginous, spongy 

 inside and soon hollow; spores elliptical, 6-7 x 4 /*. 



