COLLYBIA. 149 



Distinguislied from G. atrata by tlie papillately umbonate 

 pileus, and by the stem being whitish-flocculose when 

 young. 



** Gills very broad, more or less distant. 



CoUybia lacerata. Lasch. 



Pileus about 1^ in. across, flesh thin ; campanulate, rather 

 lobtuse, moist, streaked with dark brown on a pale ground- 

 colour, disc darker ; giUs adnexed, distant, broad, thick, 

 greyish-white, stem 2-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, firm, 

 ^twisted, fibrosely-striate, apex floccosely pruinose, at length 

 •compressed, stuffed then hoUow. 



Agaricus (Collyhia) laceratus, Lasch, in Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 Tp. 127 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 73 ; Gke., lUustr., pi. 269. 



On the ground, near trunks in pine woods. 



Somewhat caespitose. Pileus 1| in. across, sooty-brown, 

 ■at length pale and somewhat shining like the stem, which is 

 2-4 in. long. Not a typical Oollybia, but allied to G. jalaty- 

 yhylla, (Pries.) 



CoUybia murina. Pr. 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, flesh thin, tough ; campanulate 

 then convex, at length expanded, not striate, rugulose or 

 •very minutely squamulose, dark brown, becoming pale when 

 dry ; margin incurved at first, always even ; gills adnexed, 

 very broad, almost obovate, narrowed behind, rather thick, 

 •distant, distinct, white, becoming grey ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 2 lines thick, equal, straight, not rooting but the base 

 downy ; at first sight appearing to be glabrous, but minutely 

 ifibrillose under a lens, grey, apex white and rather flocculose 

 when young, hollow ; spores 7 X 4 /a. 



Agaricus (Gollybia') murina. Fries, Epicr., p. 97 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 74; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1198. 



On the ground, under oaks, &c. 



Somewhat resembling G. strata, but differing in the very 

 broad, almost free giUs, and in the pileus not being umbili- 

 •oate. 



CoUybia protracta. Fr. 

 Pileus up to 1 in. across, flesh thin; convex then plare, 

 the slightly fleshy disc depressed, often with a vestige of a. 



