12 i FUNGUS-FLORA. 



•closely crowded, 1-2 lines broad, wliite then pallid ; stem 

 -3-4 in. long, |-| in. thick, somewhat ventrioose, striate or 

 channelled, white, becoming spotted like the pileus, base 

 attenuated and rooting, cartilaginous externally, stuffed or 

 sometimes hollow (wavy in slender forms) ; spores subglobose, 

 ■4-6 fi. diameter. 



Agaricus maculatus, Albertini & Schweinitz, p. 186; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 64; Cke., lUustr., pi. 142. 



Agaricus (Gollyhia) fodiens, Kalchbr., Icon. Hung., t. 36, 

 £ 2 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 367 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 949. 



In pine and other woods ; among grass, &c. 



Var. immaculatuS; Cke., Hdbk., p. 64; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 221. 



Differing from the typical form in not changing colour or 

 (being spotted, and in the broader and serrated gills. 



In fir woods. 



CoUybia prolixa. PI. Dan. 



Pileus 8-4 in across, fragile, flesh rather thick, white ; 

 •convex then expanded, broadly gibbous, lax, even, glabrous, 

 tawny with a brick-red tinge; margin often ii regular; 

 gills free, crowded, narrow, quite entire, white, not spotted ; 

 .etem 3 in. long, 4^6 lines thick, solid, almost equal, ending 

 abruptly, grooved, with a brick-red tinge; spores elliptical, 

 .apiculate, 8-9 x 6 //.. 



Agaricus prolixus, Fl. Dan., t. 1608; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363; 

 "Cke., Illustr., pi. 950. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Densely tufted. (Cooke.) 



Large, up to a span. Stem firm, often scrobiculate ; 

 pileus fragile, rusty brick-red, becoming pale. (Fries.) 



CoUybia distorta. Pr. 

 Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded, 

 'umbonate, very lax, even, glabrous, bay, becoming pale, but 

 mot hygrophanous ; gills slightly adnexed, closely crowded, 

 irather narrow, margin scarcely serrulate, white becoming 

 -spotted with red ; stem about 3 in. long, up to | in. thick, 

 attenuated upwards from the tomentose base, twisted, 

 isulcate, pallid, fragile, externally cartilaginous, spongy 

 inside and soon hollow; spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /*. 



