The pileus is fleshy, rather thin, convex, then plane, often with margin upturned in old plants as in Figure 78, and frequently wrinkled at and toward the umbo, smooth, viscid when moist.
The color is quite variable, from almost white to gray, grayish-brown; flesh thin, very white, elastic.
The gills are usually snow white, broad, rather distant, broad in the middle, joined to the stem by the upper angle, unequal.
The stem is frequently long, of the same color as the cap, yet sometimes paler; smooth, firm, sometimes grooved, often twisted, tapering upward, ending in a long tapering root, deeply planted in the soil.
The spores are elliptical, 15×10µ.
They grow singly, but generally have many neighbors. They are found in open woods and around old stumps. I seldom have any trouble in getting enough for a large family and some for my neighbor, who may not know what to get but does know how to appreciate them. Found from June to October and from the New England states through the middle west. They differ from C. hariolarum in the densely tufted habit of the latter.
Colybia ingrata. Schum.
Ingrata means unpleasant; from its somewhat unpleasant odor.
The pileus is one to two inches broad, globose, bell-shaped, then convex, umbonate, even, brownish-tan.
The gills are free, narrow, crowded, pallid.