COLLYBIA. 127 



II. VESTIPEDES. 

 * Gills broad, rather distant. 



CoUybia velutipes. Fr. 



Pileus Ij— 3 in. across, convex then more or less plane, 

 often obscurely umToonate, smooth, even, viscid, bright yeUow, 

 disc darker, or altogether fulvous, flesh 1 line or more thick, 

 margin very thin, tinged yellow ; gills subdistant, 2—3 lines 

 broad, adnexed, cut out behind, then with a minute de- 

 current tooth, margin entire, pale opaque yeUow ; stem 2 in. 

 long and more, \ in. thick or more, subequal, attenuated 

 into a rooting base, orange-bay, darkest downwards where 

 it is often very dark brown, minutely velvety, stuffed; 

 spores elliptical, 7 X 3-3 • 5 /x. 



Agaricfus (Gollybia) velutipes. Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 115; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 65 ; Cke., Ulnstr., pi. 184a, 



Agaricus velutipes, Curtis, Flor. Lond., t. 73. 



On trunks, logs, &c. Tufted. Pileus variable in colour, 

 clear yellow, tawny-yellow, or fulvous, stem sometimes very 

 short, at others elongated, usually curved and ascending. 

 One of the few species of the Agaricini that bear frost 

 well. 



Caespitose. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, smooth, slimy, of a 

 beautiful tawny colour, convex, expanded, fleshy; margin 

 thin, subtransparent. Grills ventricose, broad, scarcely 

 adnate, ochraceous. Stem 2-9 in. high, f in. thick, ia- 

 curved, velvety, rich tawny-brown, pale above, often com- 

 pressed and striate, fistulose. (Berk.) 



Var. rubescens, Cke., lUustr., pi. 650. 



Pileus viscid, dark reddish-brown ; gills becoming spotted 

 and stained with rusty brown; stem elongated, tapering 

 downwards, dingy umber. 



Among firs. 



Caespitose. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, smooth, slimy, of a 

 beautiful tawny colour, convex, expanded, fleshy, margin 

 thin, subtransparent. Gills ventricose, broad, ecarcely 

 adnate, ochraceous. Stem 2-9 in. high, f in. thick, incurved, 

 velvety, rich tawny brown, pale above, often compressed 

 and striate, fistulose. (Berk.) 



