National Geographic : 1920 May
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE TTIE VELVFIT-STEMM ED COI,IBIA (Collvbia vclutipcs). EDIBI, In winter time the mushroom lover yearns for a taste of wild species. This he may have if he will be on the lookout for this tree-inhabiting Collybia. About one-half natural size. With its stem encased in a suit of dark-brown velvet, its rich yellow cap protected by a mucilaginois covering, the plant is admirably adapted to stand the rigors of the boreal season. This mushroom is gathered in the spring, autumn, and winter; distribution, eastern United States as far west as Kansas and Iowa; probably in the Pacific Coast States; also in Europe and Mexico; a variety (spongiosa) in Alaska. Photographs by A. G . and B. ,eeper TIEr ROOTED COLLYBL\ (Collybia radicata). EDIBLE With its yellow-brown, wrinkled caps perched on a tall stem, this Collybia is met with almost immediately one enters a beech or pine forest. About one-half natural size.