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tant, adnexed, sometimes 

 notched behind; the 

 stem is smooth, striate, 

 groove d or mealy, 

 straight, slightly twisted, 

 same color as the cap, 

 but generally paler, 

 slightly tapering upward, 

 and with a long, rooting 

 base. 



The cap is 1% to 3 

 inches broad ; the stem 

 is 4 to 8 inches long and 

 3 to 5 lines thick. 



The rooted Collybia 

 may be found in woods 

 or on shaded grassy 

 places, either singly or 

 in groups. The " root " 

 may often be found at- 

 tacked to well-decayed 

 roots of trees beneath 

 the surface of the 

 ground. It is readily 

 recognized by the dis- 

 tinctive character of the 

 gills and by the taper- 

 ing pointed root which 

 often greatly exceeds the 

 stem in length. It has 

 always been reported as 

 edible. 



COLLYBIA VELLTTIPES. VEL- 

 VET-STEMMED COLLYBIA. 



(EDIBLE) 



(Fig. 24) 



In this species the cap 



is convex, soon plane, 



sometimes irregular and 



excentric, smooth, viscid, tawny yellow, with margin probably lighter than 



the disk ; the flesh is thick in the center, thin at the margin, soft, watery, white 



or yellowish; the gills are broad, rather distant, unequal, tawny or light 



Figure 23. — Collybia radicata. (Edible) 



Figure 24. — Collybia velutipes. (Edible.) (From C. G. Lloyd) 



