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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  tender 
  and 
  well 
  flavored 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  first-class 
  mushrooms. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  

   slimy 
  surface^ 
  the 
  cap 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  soiled 
  by 
  adhering 
  dirt 
  and 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  peeled 
  before 
  cooking. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  closely 
  related 
  European 
  species, 
  HygropJiorus 
  Friesii, 
  

   which 
  scarcely 
  differs 
  from 
  this 
  mushroom 
  except 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   whole 
  cap 
  uniformly 
  pale 
  yellow 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  gills 
  becoming 
  pallid 
  with 
  

   age. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  our 
  country. 
  

  

  Collybia 
  radicata 
  Belh. 
  

   Rooted 
  Collybia 
  

  

  Plate 
  52 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  glabrous_, 
  viscid 
  when 
  moist, 
  

   grayish 
  brown 
  or 
  smoky 
  brown, 
  flesh 
  white; 
  lamellae 
  broad, 
  sub- 
  

   distant, 
  adnexed; 
  stem 
  long, 
  slender^ 
  firm, 
  generally 
  slightly 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  upward, 
  stuffed, 
  colored 
  like 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  pileus, 
  

   ending 
  below 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  root-like 
  prolongation 
  which 
  penetrates 
  the 
  

   earth 
  deeply; 
  spores 
  elliptic, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  oblique 
  apiculus 
  at 
  one 
  

   end^ 
  .0006 
  to 
  .0007 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0004 
  to 
  .0005 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  rooted 
  Collybia 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  and 
  one 
  easily 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  if 
  notice 
  is 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  This 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  

   long 
  slender 
  tap 
  root, 
  tapering 
  downward 
  and 
  generally 
  pene- 
  

   trating 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  

   above 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  broadly 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  flat, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   raised 
  or 
  umbonate 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  In 
  well 
  developed 
  specimens 
  the 
  

   central 
  part 
  is 
  generally 
  rugose 
  or 
  radiately 
  wrinkled. 
  In 
  wet 
  

   weather 
  it 
  is 
  viscid 
  or 
  even 
  glutinous, 
  but 
  in 
  dry 
  weather 
  the 
  vis- 
  

   cidity 
  is 
  scarcely 
  noticeable. 
  Notwithstanding 
  this 
  tendency 
  to 
  

   viscidity 
  the 
  cap 
  is 
  usually 
  clean 
  and 
  attractive. 
  

  

  The 
  gills 
  are 
  broad, 
  thick, 
  well 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  

   excavated 
  or 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  next 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  point 
  of 
  attach- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  therefore 
  much 
  more 
  narrow 
  than 
  the 
  middle 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   gill. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  yelloAv. 
  

  

  The 
  stem 
  is 
  generally 
  thickest 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  

   tapers 
  slightly 
  from 
  this 
  point 
  in 
  both 
  directions. 
  In 
  the 
  typical 
  

  

  