102 AGARICUS. 



Collybia fuscous. Gills adnate, often decurrent with a small tooth, very 

 narrow (only 2 mm. (i lin.) broad), very crowded, entire. 



Caespitose. As regards the gills, it is allied to A. confluens. 

 About old stumps. Black Park, Langley, 1882. Sept. 



Name |v'A.oi/, timber; <tAos, loving. Weinm. in Linn. x. p. 54. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. /. 289. Hym. Eur. p. 114. Icon. t. 63. /. 2. C. Illust. PL 202. 



II. VESTIPEDES. 

 * Gills broad, somewhat distant. 



204. A. velutipes Curt. Pileus 2.5-10 cent. (1-4 in.) broad in 

 the same cluster, tawny, sometimes paler at the margin, moder- 

 ately fleshy at the disc, but thin at the circumference, convex then 

 soon becoming plane, often excentric, irregular and repand, smooth, 

 viscous / margin spreading, and at length slightly striate ; flesh 

 watery, soft, slightly tawny-hyaline. Stem 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) 

 long, 2-8 mm. (1-4 lin.) thick, tough, externally cartilaginous, 

 umber then becoming black^ densely velvety-viHous, commonly 

 ascending or twisted, commonly equal, even, internally fibrous- 

 stuffed and hollow. Gills broader and rounded behind, slightly 

 adnexed, so as at first sight to appear free, somewhat distant, very 

 unequal, becoming pallid yellow or tawny. 



Commonly csespitose, varying much in stature, widely removed from all the 

 rest. 



On trunks, stumps, ulex, &c. Common. Sept.-April. 



Stem often slightly flattened, and frequently a little broader at the apex. 

 Spores ellipsoid, 8-10x4-5 mk. K. ; 7 mk.W.G.S./ 6x4 mk. B. Name 

 vellus, fleece ; pes, afoot (Low Lat. -velluetum). Velvety-stemmed. Curt. Land. 

 4. t. 70. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 154. Hym. Eur. p. 115. Berk. Out. p. 116. C. 

 Hbk. n. 143. Illust. PL 184 A. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 115. Bolt. t. 135. Sow. 

 t. 384. /. 3. Hussey i. /. 56. Krombh. t. 44. /. 6-9. A. austriacus Tratt. 

 Austr. t. 7. Batschf. 112 (var.) Batt. t. 22. C. 



205. A. laxipes Fr. Pileus small, milk-white, slightly fleshy, 

 convexo-plane, obtuse, smooth, moist. Stem stuffed^ rufous- 

 velvety, lax, very long, stiff. Gills separating-free, distant, broad, 

 ventricose, milk-white. 



A very remarkable species. 

 On wood. 



Name laxus, lax; pes, a foot. Lax-stemmed. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 115. 

 Qua. Jur. ii./. 330. /. z.f. 2. Batt. t. g.f. 5. C. Illust. PL 184. B. 



