SECTION 5—VESTIPEDES. 
Pileus strongly viscid.velutipes. 
Pileus dry or faintly viscid."' 
-Plant yellow tenuipes. 
"Plant not yellow.f 
{Pileus smooth. hariolorum. 
-{Pileus hairy. 
{Gills cinereous. borealis. 
{Gills white.g 
{•Plant small (pileus about i cm.).stipitaria. 
jsPIant larger (pileus 3 to 6 cm.).zonata 
{Plant intermediate.stipitaria var. robusta. 
98—COLLYBIA VELUTIPES. 
Fiir. 13. 
Collybia velutipes,(natural size.) 
Pileus yellow-tawny, convex then expanded, sometimes slightly 
excentrie, irregular and repant. Viscid, in wet weather thickly cov¬ 
ered with gluten. Gills somewhat distant, white, becoming pale yel¬ 
low, broad behind, adnexed with a deep sinuosity so as to appear free. 
Flesh yellowish. Stipe densely velvety villose, deep umber or black, 
equal, slightly striate, stuffed or hollow, fibrillose within. 
This plant has a peculiar liking for cold weather and can be 
found late in the fall and early in the spring. It is seldom found in 
summer. It grows commonly caespitose on old logs, sometimes in the 
ground at base of stumps, but in these cases is usually attached to a 
buried root or stick. It is a common plant, and from its habits of 
growing in cold weather and its viscidity is readily recognized. 
We have two Agarics around Cincinnati that we are more apt 
to find in cold weather, viz: Collybia velutipes and Mycena tintinab- 
ulum. Dr. Herbst notes another of similar habits at Trexlertown, Pa., 
viz: Flammula rigida. We also frequently met Pleurotus sapidus in 
cold weather, though not so abundant as in summer. 
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