The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise / Its Habitat and its Time of Growth

by Miron Elisha Hard

Collybia velutipes. Curtis.

The Velvet-foot Collybia. Edible.

Photo by C. G. Lloyd.

Plate XV. Figure 88.—Collybia velutipes.
Natural size, showing the velvet stems, which give name to the species.

Velutipes, from vellum, velvet and pes, foot.

Pileus from one to four inches broad, tawny yellow, fleshy at the center, thick on the margin, quite sticky or viscid when moist, margin slightly striate, sometimes inclined to be excentric.

Gills rounded behind, broad, slightly adnexed, tan or pale-yellow, somewhat distant.

The stem is cartilaginous, tough, hollow, umber, then becoming blackish, with a velvety coat. Spores are elliptical, 7×3–3.5µ.