FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GELLED MUSHROOMS 



count of mutual pressure. The flesh is slightly tough but 

 is agreeable to the taste and perfectly harmless. Peck. 



Collybia platyphylla; broad-gilled collybia. Plate VII, 

 Species 34. 



About stumps and old prostrate trunks or on much-decayed 

 wood; in thin woods or open places; May to November; some- 

 times has odor of anise. 



Cap thin; fragile; convex to plane and even to margin up- 

 turned when old (Atkinson) ; grayish brown or blackish brown; 

 flesh white; 3 to 5 inches broad. 



Gills broad; rather far apart; the edge usually toothed near 

 the stem; white; when old they are more or less broken or 

 cracked (Atkinson). 



Stem stout and fleshy but with a fine fibrous and slightly 

 tough or cartilaginous (gristly) rind; pithy (stuffed) or hol- 

 low; white, contrasting with the grayish brown of the cap; 

 3 to 5 inches long. 



Spores white; nearly globular or broadly elliptic; .0003- 

 .0004 inches long. 



Sometimes this species emits a faint but agreeable odor re- 

 sembling that of anise, but in decay the odor is very disagree- 

 able and the plants loathsome. Insects are fond of this mush- 

 room, and it is not always easy to find specimens free from 

 their attacks. 



In wet weather the caps are apt to have a moist appearance, 

 but they are not truly hygrophanous. Distorted and irregu- 

 lar forms are sometimes found. Peck. 



Collybia radicata; rooted collybia. Plate VII, Species 35. 



On ground, in woods; scattered; June to October; edible. 



Cap thin; convex or nearly plane; sticky (viscid) when 

 moist; grayish-brown or smoky-brown; smooth; i to 4 inches 

 broad. 



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