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**■(11118 narrow, crowded. 
56. Collybia abutyracea del. (Prom the supposed relationship to C. b-utyracea 
Bull.). — Pileus up to 4fi.ii. (11.8 cm.), at first convex with the edge turned in, 
then expanding, irregular and repand and more or less subumbonate, at first 
slightly velutinnt'e, finally somewhat shining and subfibrillose, when young pallid 
or Cream Buff (xxx.) with a smoky-brown tinge, then pallid biscuit-coloured, 
sometimes with a smoky or scorched tinge, sometimes with the umbo approaching 
Saccardo’s Umber (xxxix.). Gilts slightly sinuate to adnate, close, rather dingy 
creamy white, becoming more biscuit-coloured* Stem up to 11 in (3.7 cm.), 
rather slender to moderately stout, j} to Ain. (10 to 12.5 mm.) thick, coarsely 
fibrillose, equal, not rooting, tough and cartilaginous but with the flesh not very 
clearly distinct from that of the pileus, solid, not stuffed, breaking up into tough 
fibrils, dark smoky-brown to pallid brownish, base whitish when young. Spores 
elliptical, 7.5 to 9 x 5 to 5.5 g. No special smell. Amongst grass. South 
Australia — Beaumont Common, Pinnaroo, Belair. June to August. 
A large species growing in colonies in grassy places with a subumbonate smoky- 
brown cap, rather close creamy-wliite gills, and fairly stout, fibrillose, brownish 
stem. 
( b ) Stem thin, Velvety, floocose or pr.uinosf.. 
*Gills broad, subdist'ant. 
57. Collybia velutipes (Curt.) Fr. (L., vellus, a fleece; pcs, a foot). — Pileus 
J to Jin. (2 to 10 cm.), fleshy, convex, soon becoming plane, often excentric, 
irregular and repand, smooth, viscid, oehraeeous buff to oehraeeous orange, some- 
times browner. Gills adnexed, rounded behind, subdistant, Oehraeeous Buff (xv.) 
becoming Warm Buff (xv.). Stem up to 2-Jin. (6,2 cm.) or more, twisted, tougli, 
velutinate, Cinnamon Brown (xv.), Oehraeeous Brown (xv.) above. Spores 
narrow, 7.5 to occasionally 9 x 3.5 ft. Caespitose on old wood. South Australia — 
Mount Gambier. New South Wales. May. 
Readily recognised by the caespitose habit on dead wood, the tawny cap, 
•oehraeeous buff gills, and especially by the densely velvety cinnamon brown to 
oehraeeous brown stem. 
**Gills very narrow, crowded. 
58. Collybia ingrata (Schum.) Fr. (Syn. Mams-m.ii/s ingrains). (L., ingrains, 
unpleasant). — Pileus f to 2in. (1.8 to 5 cm.), irregularly convex, then plane or 
more often with the centre depressed and more or less repand, on the disc often 
with a slight umbo dimpled in its centre, radiately rugose-striate, surface dull, 
hygrophanous, very thin, near Light. Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.) and paler, 
approaching the colour of dead grass, or paler than Wood Brown (xl.) or' near 
Verona Brown (xxix.), when dry near Pinkish Buff (xxix.). Gills adnato- 
adnexed, tending to be attached to a collar, moderately dose, narrow, edges 
slightly serrate, in three tiers, Verona Frown to Yinaeeous Buff (xl.), near 
Avellaneous (xl.), or greyer than Pinkish Buff (xxix.), near Sayal Brown 
(xxix.) when old. Stem 1) to 2in. (3.1 to 5 cm.), slender (2 mm. diameter), 
tough, striate, cartilaginous, flesh differing in texture from that ol ! the pileus, 
hollow, velutinate with a pallid brownish to Whitish fur, Snuff Brown (xxix.) 
or paler. Spores obliquely flask-shaped, one end more pointed, sometimes curved, 
white, 8 to 13 x 4 to 5.5 ft. Approaching Mamsmius in texture. Caespitose with 
whitish mycelial threads amongst, fallen leaves and sticks on the ground. South 
Australia — Under a peach tree, Beaumont; amongst Spanish reeds (Arunclo), 
North Terrace; National Park. February, April, June, August. 
Characterised by the rather tough, thin, radiately rugose light pinkish cinna- 
mon pileus; the close creamy-white adnato-adnexed gills; the whitish velutinate 
slender stem; and the caespitose habit. 
59. Collybia pinicolens Clel. (L., pinus, a pine-tree; colens, inhabiting). 
Pileus f to liu. (1.8 to 2.5 cm.), plane or slightly convex, umbilicate, edge striate 
rugose, very thin, rather tough, hygrophanous, when moist near Rood ’s Brown 
(xxvnr.), drying near Light Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.). Gills adnate, moderately 
close, narrow. Light Pinkish Cinnamon when drying. Stem 2 Jin. (6.2 cm.j, 
slender, equal, tough, cartilaginous, stuffed, densely villous with pale hairs, Light 
Pinkish Cinnamon when dry, with spreading fibrils at the base passing into 
mycelial strands amongst pine needles, some of the strands apparently entering 
