COLLTBIA. 133" 



gills adnate, at length, separated from the stem, crowded, 

 exceedingly narrow, very nneqnal, white; st«ni 1—2 in- 

 long, very slender, flexuous, pallid, delicately coated with. 

 white mealy down, ending in an elongated fibrillose, twisted 

 root ; spores elliptical, 4^5 x 2-3 /i. 



Agaricus (jOoUyhia) cirrhatus. Fries, Epicr., p. 89. 



Among bioss, &c. 



Sclerotinm not present in this species. Very variatle in 

 size, but alw^ays small, tongh, whitish, often becoming tinged 

 with rufons. (Pries.) 



Allied to C. canigena but known by the gills being adnate- 

 at first. Differs fix)m G. tuberosa in the rooting fibrillose- 

 base of the stem, and the absence of a sclerotinm. 



Collybia tuberosa. BuU. 



Pileus up to 1^ in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, 

 nmbonate but not umbilicately depressed, minutely silty then- 

 ■ almost glabrous, even, opaque, white ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 thin, unequal, white, slightly ventricose ; stem l—l^ in. long, . 

 thin,' usually ascending, equal, obsoletely powdery, white, 

 rarely tinged rufous, base quite glabrous, springing fronv 

 a smooth, solid, yello-msh or reddish sclerotinm; spores- 

 elliptical, 4^6 x 2-3 ^ 



Agaricus tuberosus, BuUiard, t. 256; Cke., Hdbk., p. 67;. 

 Cke., Illustr., pL 144a, 



Agaricus {Gollyhia') cirrhatus, Cte., Hdbk., p. 67 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pL 144b. 



Growing on decaying species of Bussula and other Agarics^ 

 and on the ground among moss, &c. 



SmaU. but tough, rather firm, gregarious, entirely -white.- 

 C. cirrhata resembles the present species, but differs in having; 

 a downy rooting base to the stem, and in not springing from 

 a sclerotinm.. 



Collybia racemosa. Pers. 



Pileus S-A: lines across, flesh very thin ; convex, papillate,. 

 covered -with grey down ; gills adnate, crowded, white ; stem 

 1-2 in. long, slender, bearing slender, minute stems -with 

 abortive pilei, base black, sclerotioid, stuffed. 



Agaricus raceraoeus, Persoon, Disp., t. 3, f. 8 ; Cke., Hdbl:.„ 

 p. 67. 



Agaricus racemosus, Sowerby, t. 287. 



