124 AGARICUS. 



Mycena. Spores S-io x 4-5 mk. D. Name elegans, neat. Pers. Syn. p. 391. Fr. 



Monogr. i. p. 198. Hym. Eur. p. 131. Berk. Out. p. 121. C. Hbk. n. 169. 

 Illust. PL 284. (?. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 141. .F/, -Daw. /. 2024. 



254. A. rubro-marginatus Fr. Pileus about 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 broad, hygrophanous, becoming red-livid or purple-fuscous, becom- 

 ing P a ^ e (variable), membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, striate, 

 smooth. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, scarcely exceeding 

 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, rigid-fragile, equal, often curved- 

 ascending, even, smooth, pallid-livid. Gills ad n ate, with a small' 

 decurrent tooth, distant, distinct, not ventricose, whitish then 

 grey, edge fuscous-purple, not manifestly toothed. 



It approaches Galericulati in its colours, but is smaller, not coespitose, 

 somewhat fragile, inodorous, juiceless. It has much in common with A. san- 

 guinolentus, from which it differs in its stature and juiceless stem. 



In woods, chiefly pine, on branches, &c. Frequent. July-Nov. 



Name ruber, red ; margo, margin. From the red edge of gills. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 199. Hym. Eur. p. 132. Icon. t. 78. f. 4. Berk. Out. p. 122. 

 C. Hbk. n. 170. Illust. PL 284. b. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 142. Var. fusco- 

 purpureus Lasch n. 544. Among dead leaves. Very distinct from the usual 

 form, having much the appearance of an exotic Marasmius. B. & Br. n. 

 1639. 



255. A. strobilinus Fr. Pileus 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) broad, 

 scarlet^ conical then campanulate, membranaceous, the slightly 

 fleshy even umbo acute, slightly striate and most frequently paler 

 at the circumference, smooth, dry. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 2 

 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, slightly rigid, equal, juiceless, even, 

 smooth, ivhite-strigose at the base. Gills adnate, decurrent with a 

 thin tooth, distant, distinct, alternate, a little paler than the pileus, 

 but the edge is darker, black-blood colour. 



Somewhat fasciculate. The whole plant is shining, persistently scarlet, not 

 changing colour or becoming pale. 



On dead leaves, twigs, and cones of Scotch fir. Rare. 

 Autumn. 



Fries has gathered it in beech woods. Namestro&itHs, a pine-cone. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 200 (A. coccinellus). Hym. Eur. p. 132. Berk. Out. p. 122. 

 C. Hbk. n. 171. Illust. PI. 131. A. 'S. Mycol. Scot. n. 143. Fl. Dan. t. 

 2025. f. i. A. coccineus Sow. t. 197. C. Illust. PI. 131. B. 



256. A. rosellus Fr. Pileus rose-colour, at length becoming 

 pale, wholly membranaceous and striate and without a prominent 

 acute and even umbo, campanulate then hemispherical, obtusely 

 umbonate, slightly hygrophanous. Stem thin, soft, white-tomen- 

 tose not strigose at the base, juiceless. Gills scarcely decurrent 

 with a tooth, somewhat distant, rose-colour, edge black-purple. 



