COLLTBIA. 129 



front, slightly cut ont behind ; stem ahout 2 in. long, 

 2^ lines thick at the apex, [gradnally becoming narro'w to 

 the base, -very wavy, hollow; spores elliptic-oblong, white, 

 8 X 4-5 /i. 



Collybia vertimga. C!ooke. 



Pilens ^1 in. across, flesh thin, tongh, radiately ■wrinkled, 

 minutely pnlvemlent, campannlate, then convex, at length 

 plane, dull brown or grey ; gills adnate, narrow, connected 

 by veins, white with a tinge of yellow; stem 2-2^ in. high, 

 i— 1 line thick, tawny, minutely velvely, strigose at the base, 

 fistnlose. 



Agaricus (Collybia) reriirugis, Cke., Hdbk., ed. 1, p. 147; 

 el. 2, p. 66 ; Gke. Dlustr., pL 149a. 



Agaricus undatus. Berk., OutL, p. 117. 



On dead fern roots, twigs, &c. 



Distinguished from G. stipitaria by the dingy pileus, and 

 the adnate giUs, connected by veins. 



Pileus 1 line to 1 in. broad, campanulate, at length convexo- 

 plane, wrinkled in the direction of the gills, tough, snbmem- 

 branaceous, minutely pulverulent, dull brown or cinereous. 

 Gills truly adnate, ascending or horizontal, moderately 

 distant, connected by veins, white with a yellowish tinge. 

 Stem 2-21 in. high, ^1 line thick, strigose at the base, 

 rufous, minutely velvety, fistulose, sometimes compressed. 

 (Berk.) 



Collybia stipitaria. Fr. 



Pileus 2-5 lines across, flesh thin; convex then plane, 

 umbUicate, whitish, clothed with tawny or brown fibrils 

 that sometimes form minute squamules ; giUs separating 

 from the stem and becoming free, rather distant, ventricose, 

 white ; stem 1—2 in. long, slender, equal, tough, bright 

 IjTOwn or bay, more or less hairy, stuffed then hollow. 



Agaricus {Collybia) gtipitarius. Fries, Syst. ITjx., i. p. 133 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 66; Cke., Illnfitr., pL 149b. 



On grass, twigs, &c. 



Gregarions. Yery remarkable, small, pileus whitish, often 

 discoid, with the habit of Marasmius perforang. (Fries.) 



In some of Cooke's figures the pileus is minutely papillate. 

 Stem shorter than in C. vertimga, and gills free. 



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