COLLYBIA. 13T 



tinge, pale when dry, hygroplianous ; gills fcroadly adnatc,. 

 thin, rather crowded, white then pallid; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 about 1|^ in. thick, equal, rigid, glabrous, tawny, very slightly 

 fistulose. 



Agaricus (Collyhia) nitelUnus, Fries, Epicr., p. 80; Cke.,. 

 Hdbk., p. 69. 



Among grass by paths in pine woods, &c. 



Solitary or gregarious, inodorous. Stem stuffed then 

 fistulose, 2-3 in. long, 1^ line thick, equal and often 

 flexuose, glabrous, slightly striate, tawny-ferruginous, 

 yellow when dry, base often with down and rooting ; apex; 

 rarely pruinose. Pileus somewhat membranaceous, convex, 

 then plane, obtuse, 1-lJ in. broad, glabrous, but somewhat 

 rugulose when seen in a good light, tawny or brick-red- 

 tawny and pellucidly striate when moist, somewhat tan- 

 colour when dry; flesh thin, similarly coloured. Gill& 

 adnate, very obtuse behind, and equally attenuated to the 

 front, not very much crowded, narrow, quite entire, whitish. 

 A pretty species, very distinct, and widely separated from, 

 C. acervata. With the habit of Laccaria laccata, there is a 

 smaller variety having the stem scarcely 1 in. long, pileus- 

 ^ in. broad, umbonate. (Fries.) 



Cooke has figured a fungus (lUustr., pi. 146) that on the- 

 plate is called a variety of the present species, but in the- 

 "Handbook" is quoted under the species which appears to- 

 be very different from the present species. The figure in 

 lUustr., pi. 202, called Agaricus (Collyhia') xylophilus, agrees 

 closely with his fig. 146, quoted above ; what these are iu, 

 reality, I do not know. 



CoUybia succinea. Fr. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, flesh thin; convex then ex- 

 panded, obtuse, at length usually depressed and unequal,, 

 even, glabrous, rufous or brownish, cracked when dry ; gills 

 adnate, obtuse behind not much crowded, very broad, rather- 

 thick, pallid white, margin minutely toothed ; stem 1-2 in_ 

 long, 1—2 lines thick, equal or narrowed at the base, not 

 rooting, even, glabrous everywhere, polished, pale rufescent,, 

 hollow, tough. 



Agaricus (Collyhia') succineus, Epicr., p. 91 ; Cke., Hdbk.^ 

 p. 69 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 151a. 



