GILL FUNGI 27 



b. Cap not sticky when moist ; stem smooth or velvety 



( 1 ) Stem smooth C. dryophila 



( 2 ) Stem with a white velvet or down C. confliiens 



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CoUybia longipes Long Stem 



Cap small, 2-5 cm. wide, brownish to red- 

 brown, densely and iinely velvety, very sticky, 

 convex to flat, more or less raised in the center ; 

 stem tall, 10-16 cm. by 4-8 mm., brownish and 

 velvety like the cap, stuffed, tapering upward 

 and with a long tapering root at the base ; gills 

 sinuate or adnexed, white, broad and distant ; 

 spores globose, 8-12ju. The name refers to the 

 long stem. 



Solitary on the ground or long-decayed logs, 

 during summer and autumn ; excellent, 



Collybia radicata Root Stem 



Cap medium, 4-10 cm. wide, whitish, gray, 

 brown or blackish, smooth, sticky when moist, with 

 more or less distinct radiate wrinkles, convex to 

 ])lane or recurved, with a distinct disk ; stem 

 tall, 10-20 cm. by 1-2 cm., usually like the cap 

 in color but paler, smooth or mealy, often grooved, 

 tapering upward and with a long tapering root 

 at the base ; gills adnexed or sinuate, white, 

 broad and distant ; spores elliptic, 15-17 X 10/x. 

 The name refers to the long, rooting stem. 



Solitary or in open groups, on the ground in 

 leaf-mold or in grass, more rarely on greatly de- 

 cayed stumps, May to frost ; edible, with a sweet, 

 delicate flavor. 



Collybia platyphylla Broad Gill 



Cap medium, 7-11 cm. wide, whitish, ashen 

 or brown-smoky, smooth or with fibrils, watery, 

 but not sticky when moist, convex at first, then 

 flat and more or less concave ; stem tall and 

 thick, 7-11 cm. by 1-2 cm., whitish or grayish, 

 smooth or streaked with fibers, stuffed, with a 

 short root at base ; gills adnexed or sinuate, 

 white, distant, very l)road, 1-2 cm.; spores elliptical, 10-17 X 6-12,1*. The name 

 refers to the broad gills. 



FicuRE 15. Collybia RADicAT.-v 



