Leucosporee 



RIGIPEDES (rigid-stemmed). Page 126. Mycena. 



Stem firm, rigid, rather tough, juiceless, more or less rooting. Gills 

 changing color, white, then gray or reddish, generally at length con- 

 nected by veins. 



Tough, persistent, inodorous, usually on wood, very cespitose, but 

 individuals of the same species sometimes grow singly on the ground. 



FRAGILIPEDES (fragile-stemmed). Page 130. 



Stem fragile, juiceless, fibrillose at the base, scarcely rooting. Pileus 

 hygrophanous. Gills becoming discolored, at length somewhat connected 

 by veins. 



Thin, fragile, often soft, normally growing singly on the ground. A 

 few strong smelling, cespitose on wood. 



FlLIPEDES (thread-stemmed). Page 130. 



Stem thread-like, flaccid, somewhat tough, rooting, juiceless, generally 

 extremely long in proportion to the pileus. Gills becoming discolored, 

 paler at the edge. 



Straight, growing singly on the ground; inodorous. Pileus dingy- 

 brown, becoming paler. 



LACTIPEDES (milky-stemmed). Page 130. 

 Gills and rooting stem milky when broken. 



GLUTINIPEDES (glutinous-stemmed). Page 131. 



Stem juiceless but externally sticky with gluten. Gills at length de- 

 current with a tooth. 



BASIPEDES (base-stemmed). Page 131. 



Stem dry, rootless, the base naked and dilated into a disk or small 

 hairy bulb. Growing singly, slender, soon becoming flaccid. 



INSITITI/E (inscro, to insert or graft). Page 131. 



Stem very thin, dry, growing as if inserted in the supporting surface, 

 not downy, not disk-like at the base. 



Gills adnate with a small decurrent tooth. Small, very tender, be- 

 coming flaccid with the first touch of the sun. 



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