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slender, livid, with downy base. A gregarious species, 
frequent in pine woods. Very distinct in the saffron- 
coloured margin of the gills. 
COLLYBIA 
(Gr. kolhibos, a small coin—from the frequently small 
and regularly formed pileus) 
C. radicata {radix, a root—from the rooting stem), “Long- 
rooted Agaric.” Plate XLVI. 3. 
P. 1J-4 in., glutinous, radiately wrinkled; colour variable, 
olivaceous, ochreous - brown, etc.; rarely quite white. 
G. adnexed, often with a decurrent tooth, rather thick, 
distant, white. S. 4-8 in., very slender, twisted, paler than 
the pileus, striately grooved (more or less), polished, some¬ 
what hollow, ending in a deeply penetrating (sometimes 
6-8 in.) fusiform root. Common during sum. and aut. in 
woods, and under trees in fields and hedges. 
O. longipes {longus, long; pes, a foot—from the long stem), 
a somewhat smaller species than the above, may be easily 
distinguished by the dry velvety pileus and stem. 
C. fusipes {fusus, a spindle; pes, a foot—from the spindle- 
shaped stem), “ Spindle-shank.” Plate XLVI. 7. 
P. 1J-2J in., hemispherical, then expanded; glabrous, dry, 
reddish-bay, becoming tan colour and more or less cracked 
when old. G. adnexed at first, soon becoming free, broad, 
distant, connected by veins, crisped; whitish, then pale 
umber. “ They have a rather watery appearance, though 
dry, like that of a piece of half-dry parchment.” S. 3-6 in., 
up to 1 in. thick, swollen in the centre and tapering to both 
ends (spindle-shaped). Often twisted, grooved longi¬ 
tudinally, reddish-brown ; base rooting; stuffed at first, then 
hollow. Outer coat remarkably cartilaginous. Growing in 
dense tufts on or near old stumps in woods, etc. Common 
throughout sum. and aut. 
