PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Collybia dryophila Bull. 

 Ground and decaying wood in woods, groves and clearings. Com- 

 mon and variable. June to October. 



Collybia abundans Pk. 



Prostrate trunks of coniferous trees. Common. 



Collybia rugosodisca Pk. 



Prostrate trunks of coniferous trees in woods. Indian pass trail. 

 August. 



Collybia tuberosa Bull, 

 Damp humus and decaying agarics. Common. Late in the season 

 it produces sclerotioid tubers by which the species may easily be 

 recognized. 



Collybia ignobilis Karst. 

 Mossy ground under balsam firs. Rare. Near Newman. September. 



Collybia acervata Fr. 



Ground and much decayed wood. Common. It grows in tufts com- 

 posed of many individuals. 



Collybia spinulifer Pk. 



Similar to the last in habitat and mode of growth, but the lamellae are 

 more highly colored and they bear colored pointed setae which occur 

 also but more sparingly on the stem and pileus. 



Collybia Familia Pk. 



Decaying wood and prostrate trunks of coniferous trees. Near New- 

 man. September. 



Collybia confluens Pers. 



Ground in woods. Common. It may be . either single or in tufts of 

 many individuals. Sometimes the stems are so closely crowded that they 

 are more or less united at the base. Occasionally the plants grow in 

 lines or arcs of circles. 



Collybia velutipes Curt, and C. stipitaria Fr. are found in many parts of 

 the Adirondacks and will probably yet be found in North Elba. 



Mycena pelianthina Fr. 



Damp or mossy places in woods. Not rare but generally only one or 

 two plants are found in a place. 



