116 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



be A. puJhis, to wliicli Fries refers it. It is probably Hygro- 

 phorus unguinosus. 



103. A. (Collybia) velutipes, . (y«r^. ; pileus tbin, fleshy, 

 convex, then plane, obtuse, smooth, viscid ; stem stuffed, vel- 

 vety, rooting, dark -bay ; gills adncxed, distant, yellowish. — 

 Ft. Lond. t. 70 ; Hms. i. t. 56. 



On logs and trunks of trees. Extremely common during 

 the greater part of the year, and even resisting considerable 

 frost. One of our most beautiful species, from its tawny 

 pileus and dark velvety stem. Often densely tufted. 



104. A. (Collybia) stipitarius, Fr. ; small; pileus thin, um- 

 bilicate, plane, clothed with little velvet-like scales ; stem at 

 length fistulose, bright brown, more or less hairy ; gills se- 

 parating, at length free, ventricose, rather distant, Avhite. 

 (Plate 5, fig. Q>.)—Huss. i. /. 68. 



On grass, old thatch, twigs, etc. A very pretty little spe- 

 cies, with the habit of a Marasmius, but the gills of an Agaric. 

 Pileus clothed with tawny or brown hairs or fibres, which 

 sometimes form scales. 



105. A. (Collybia) eonfluens, P. ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 convex, at length expanded, obtuse, flaccid, smooth, hygro- 

 phanous ; stem fistulose, somewhat compressed, rufous, clothed 

 with white pulverulent down ; gills free, remote, linear, very 

 crowded, dirty-white. — Fers. Ic. Pict. t. 5./. 1. 



Amongst leaves, in woods, forming rings or confluent masses. 

 Common. Pileus about an inch across, reddish-brown. Gills 

 leaving a distinct area round the top of the stem. Stems ad- 

 hering to each other. 



106. A. (Collybia) ingratus, ^c/^Mm.; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 at first globose, then canipanulate, convex, umbonate, even ; 

 stem fistulose, long, twisted, somewhat compressed, between 

 pulverulent and downy, especially above, umber below ; gills 

 free, linear, very crowded, pale. 



