LEUCOSPORI. 147 



extreme thinness, capillary, covered over with thick, fluid, shining, Mycena. 

 hyaline gluten, inserted at the base (not rooted), smooth. Gills 

 arcuate, decurrent, distant, the alternate ones shorter. 



Not allied to any ; among the smallest of Mycence, but of all of them the 

 most extraordinary on account of the thick (i lin.) fluid and pellucid jelly, with 

 which the capillary stem is everywhere covered over, or in which it is as it were 

 immersed. 



On dead sticks, twigs, &c. Rare. Sept. 



Various in colour, but generally white with a slight cinereous tinge. After 

 abundant rain the dripping stem is very striking. M.J.B. Spores ellipsoid 

 or oblong-ellipsoid, 8-n x 4 mk. K. Name roridus, wet with dew. Dripping. 

 Fr. Monogr. i. p. 229. Hym. Eur. p. 150. Berk. Out. p. 128. C. Hbk. n. 

 205. lllust. PL 248. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 183. Quel. t. 4. /. 4. 



VIII. BASIPEDES. Stem dilated at the base, 



312. A. stylobates Pers. Pileus 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad, 

 commonly white, membranaceous, campanulate, at length convex, 

 obtuse, pellucid-striate, dry, commonly sprinkled 'with spreading 

 hairs. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, ftstulose, Jitiform, some- 

 times almost capillary, equal, naked, dry, seated upon an orbicular, 

 plane, striate, slightly villous base. Gills free, wholly separate 

 behind, ventricose, broader in front, distant, alternate. 



Very tender, fragile ; commonly wholly white, but varying grey, becoming 

 azure-blue. Always solitary and sporadic. In close places the stem is 7.5-10 

 cent. (3-4 in.) long and flexuous (Hqffm. t. 6. f. 2). 



On twigs, leaves, &c. Uncommon. Oct. 



Spores 2 X3mk. I V.G. S. Name <rrOAos, a pillar ; /Seurw, a base. From the 

 way in which the stem rests upon the disc-like base. Pers. Syn. t. 5. f. 4. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 230. Hym. Eur. p. 150. Berk. Out. p. 129. /. 6. /. 5. C. Hbk. 

 ?2. 206. lllust. PL 249. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 184. A. shining white. B. 

 slightly grey. Sturm. Deutsch. t. 29. C. becoming azure-blue. Fl. Dan. t. 

 2025. f. 3. Hoffm. t. 6. f. 2. 



313. A. tenerrimus Berk. Pure white. Pileus 2-3 mm. (i- 

 \% lin.) broad, convex, not pilose, but frosted with minute gran- 

 ules. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, scarcely ]/$ lin. thick, fistulose, 

 flexuous, pilose, adhering by a minute pubescent disc, which is 

 not the least striate. Gills free, ventricose, distant, unequal. 



A very minute, but distinct species. Very delicate, tender, and easily 

 injured. Gregarious. Disc not striate. 



On fir-cones, sticks, &c. Uncommon. Aug.-Dec. 



Spores round. Name tener, tender. Very tender. Berk. Eng. Fl. v. p. 



