64 AGARICACE^E Collybia 



glands or abortive pilei, colour as P. Attached to Sclerotium 

 lacunosum. G. adnate, white. 



Terrestrial and on putrid fungi, chiefly Agarics ; very rare. Autumn. 

 X if X -fa in. Turns black in drying. 



c. Lavipedes. 



250. C. eollina Quel. (from its frequent habitat ; collinus, a hill) ale. 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, somewhat viscid, pale yellowish- 

 brown. St. colour as P. G. adnexo-toothed, white. 



Usually gregarious. Grassy slopes, about beech-stumps ; uncommon. Oct. 

 2 x 4i X & in. 



251. C. thelephora Sacc. (from its bearing a small umbo on the 



pileus Gr. thele, a nipple, phero, to bear) a b. 



P. campanulate, brown or yellow-brown, paler at marg. St. 



brown above and whitish below, or the reverse. G. adnato- 



toothed, white to yellowish. 



Gregarious. Inodorous. Peat-bogs, partly dry sphagnum -bogs, if x 3 J X J in . 



A near ally of 250. 



252. C. ventrieosa Gill, (from the enlarged lower part of stem; 



venter, the belly) a b c. Pale warm-brownish. 

 P, campanulato-convex, slightly umbonate. St. attenuate upwards 



and attenuato-rooting, darker below. G. broadly adnato- 



toothed. 

 Woods. Oct. 2| X 3 X & in. 



253. C. Stevensonii Sacc. (after the Rev. Dr. Stevenson, mycologist) a^ 

 P. semi-ovate, viscid, pallid yellow. St. attenuate downwards,, 



deeply rooting, whitish-yellow above, brownish below. G. very 

 broad, adnato-toothed, white. 



Old pastures. Aug. X 2 x T V m - Resembling in habit members of 

 Psathyra. 



254. C. psathyroides Sacc. (from its resemblance to members of 



Psathyra} a. Ivory-white. 

 P. semi-ovate or conic, sub viscid. St. not rooting. G. broadly 



adnato-toothed. 

 Oct. X 3f X I in. Greatly resembles a Mycetia. Allied to 253. 



255. C. xanthopus Quel. (from the yellow stem ; Gr. xant/ws, yellow,, 



pous, a foot) a b c . 

 P. campanulato-convex, subumbonate, whitish to deep biscuit ; 



um. sienna. St. strigose at base, yellow to sienna-biscuit. G* 



adnexo-free, whitish. 

 Pine-woods, amongst cones, leaves and twigs. July-Nov. if X 2j X in. 



Not unlike 1394 in general appearance. 



256. C. nitellina Gill, (from its colour nitelltt, a dormouse) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, smooth, reddish-tan or brown, sometimes pale, 



St. yellow above, brown below, or tan. G. adnate, attenuate 



in front, tan. 

 Solitary or gregarious. Odour none. By roads and paths in woods. May- 



Oct. 2 J x 3^ X ^ in. There is a very small umbonate variety. Allied 



to Clitocybe. 



