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  OF 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST, 
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  fomi 
  it 
  is 
  smooth, 
  but 
  a 
  variety 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  minutely 
  

   scurfy. 
  This 
  is 
  named 
  variety 
  fnrfuracca. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  small 
  

   form, 
  called 
  variety 
  pusilla, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  cap 
  is 
  about 
  i 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

   All 
  these 
  have 
  the 
  root-like 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  which 
  is 
  sug- 
  

   gestive 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  name. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  either 
  whitish 
  

   or 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  but 
  paler. 
  In 
  the 
  scurfy-stemmed 
  

   variety 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  darker 
  colored 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  Speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  both 
  cap 
  and 
  stem 
  are 
  white. 
  The 
  spores 
  are 
  white 
  when 
  fresh, 
  

   but 
  after 
  long 
  exposure 
  they 
  sometimes 
  assume 
  a 
  yellowish 
  color. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  from 
  i 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  8 
  in. 
  

   long 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  or 
  rarely 
  

   4 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  In 
  one 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  herbarium 
  the 
  subterranean 
  or 
  root- 
  

   like 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  10 
  in. 
  long. 
  

   The 
  plants 
  grow 
  singly 
  or 
  sparsely 
  scattered 
  in 
  woods 
  or 
  recent 
  

   clearings 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  October. 
  The 
  caps 
  are 
  

   somewhat 
  tough 
  but 
  agreeable 
  in 
  flavor 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  classed 
  

   as 
  an 
  edible 
  one 
  without 
  any 
  hesitation. 
  

  

  Collybia 
  velutipes 
  Gu7't, 
  

   Velvet-stemmed 
  Collybia 
  

  

  Plate 
  50, 
  fig. 
  11-16. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  rather 
  thin, 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  obtuse, 
  glabrous, 
  vis- 
  

   cid, 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  or 
  tawny; 
  lamellae 
  broad, 
  subdistant, 
  rounded 
  

   behind, 
  slightly 
  adnexed, 
  white 
  or 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow; 
  stem 
  firm, 
  

   externally 
  cartilaginous, 
  stuffed 
  or 
  hollow, 
  brown 
  or 
  tawny 
  brown, 
  

   velvety 
  hairy 
  when 
  mature 
  ; 
  spores 
  narrowly 
  elliptic, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .00036 
  

   in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  velvet-stemmed 
  Collybia 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  mushrooms 
  that 
  

   appear 
  very 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  after 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   others 
  liave 
  yielded 
  to 
  the 
  severity 
  of 
  the 
  weather. 
  It 
  has 
  even 
  been 
  

   called 
  a 
  winter 
  mushroom 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  find 
  it 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   longed 
  mild 
  thawing 
  weather 
  in 
  winter. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  develops 
  in 
  

   spring 
  also. 
  It 
  is 
  easily 
  recognized 
  by 
  its 
  viscid 
  tawny 
  cap, 
  its 
  

   velvety 
  stem 
  and 
  tufted 
  mode 
  of 
  growth. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  cap 
  is 
  

  

  