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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  close, 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  slightly 
  adnexed 
  or 
  free, 
  Avhitish; 
  stem 
  

   equal, 
  hollow, 
  glabrous, 
  usually 
  white 
  tonientose 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  brown 
  or 
  purplish 
  brown 
  ; 
  spores 
  white, 
  elliptic, 
  .00024-. 
  0003 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  .0001G 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  tufted 
  collybia 
  is 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  our 
  hilly 
  

   and 
  mountainous 
  districts. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  dense 
  tufts 
  on 
  decaying 
  

   prostrate 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  among 
  decaying 
  leaves 
  or 
  on 
  bits 
  

   of 
  rotten 
  wood 
  half 
  buried 
  by 
  fallen 
  leaves. 
  The 
  caps 
  are 
  rather 
  

   thin 
  and 
  convex 
  when 
  young, 
  but 
  they 
  expand 
  with 
  age 
  and 
  be- 
  

   come 
  broadly 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane. 
  When 
  young 
  and 
  moist 
  

   they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  tan 
  color 
  or 
  brownish 
  red 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  

   pinkish 
  tint 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  moisture 
  escapes 
  they 
  fade 
  to 
  a 
  whitish 
  

   color. 
  In 
  the 
  European 
  plant 
  they 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  umbonate 
  but 
  

   in 
  the 
  American 
  plant 
  the 
  umbo 
  is 
  rarely 
  present. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  

   quite 
  narrow 
  and 
  close. 
  They 
  are 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  extremity 
  

   and 
  either 
  slightly 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  or 
  quite 
  free 
  from 
  it. 
  

   They 
  are 
  whitish 
  or 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  

   rather 
  slender, 
  rigid 
  but 
  brittle, 
  hollow 
  and 
  smooth 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  tomentum. 
  The 
  

   color 
  is 
  reddish 
  brown 
  or 
  purplish 
  brown 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  plant 
  

   it 
  is 
  often 
  whitish 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  commonly 
  1-2 
  inches 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  stem 
  2-3 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   1.5-2.5 
  lines 
  thick. 
  The 
  plants 
  usually 
  grow 
  in 
  clusters 
  and 
  occur 
  

   during 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  Though 
  the 
  individual 
  plants 
  are 
  

   small 
  they 
  grow 
  in 
  such 
  abundance 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   a 
  sufficient 
  supply 
  for 
  cooking. 
  They 
  are 
  slightly 
  tough 
  but 
  of 
  

   good 
  flavor 
  and 
  harmless. 
  

  

  Collybia 
  familia 
  Pk. 
  

  

  FAMILY 
  COLLYBIA 
  

  

  PLATE 
  81, 
  FIG. 
  1-7 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  fragile, 
  hemispheric 
  or 
  convex, 
  glabrous, 
  hy- 
  

   grophanous, 
  while 
  moist 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  striatulate 
  on 
  the 
  

   margin, 
  whitish, 
  grayish 
  or 
  pale 
  smoky 
  brown, 
  sometimes 
  

   brownish 
  or 
  more 
  highly 
  colored 
  in 
  the 
  center; 
  lamellae 
  thin, 
  

   narrow, 
  close, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  extremity, 
  nearly 
  free, 
  white; 
  

   stem 
  slender, 
  glabrous, 
  hollow, 
  white 
  or 
  whitish, 
  commonly 
  with 
  

  

  