AGARICACEyE 



Collybia 



VIII. COLLYBIA Quel. 



(From the pileus, which is frequently small and regular in form 

 like a small coin ; Gr. kollubos.) 



Veil almost obsolete, when present represented by a fibrillose r 

 floccose, or pruinose covering. Hymenophore confluent with, but 

 heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus slightly fleshy to 



Fig. 17. Section of Collybia macu- 

 lata Quel. One-third natural size. 



thin, margin at first involute. Stem central, wholly cartilaginous, 

 or with a cartilaginous bark and stuffed with a pith ; often rooting, 

 simple. Gills membranous, soft, free or adnexed. Spores smooth. 

 (Fig. 17.) 



Often small, frequently somewhat tough, maturing more slowly 

 and lasting longer than other Agarics. The species grow on stumps, 

 branches and leaves, sometimes on other fungi or on the ground. 

 Must be carefully distinguished from members of Marasmius, where 

 the species are less fleshy, less putrescent, more leathery, and revive 

 with moisture after becoming dry. Species 225 286 



A. Gills white or brightly coloured, not ashy. Flesh white. 



a. Stricepedes. Stem stout, hollow, or with a spongy pith, 



longitudinally striate, except 225a. 

 Gills broad, except 228, somewhat distant. 

 Gills crowded, narrow. 



225229 

 230236 



b. Vestipedes. Stem thin, equal, fistulose or with a pith, even, 



velvety, floccose, or pruinose. 



Gills broad, somewhat distant. 237 242 



Gills very narrow, very crowded. 243 249 



