LEUCOSPORI. 147 



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

 hyaline glute?t, inserted at the base (not rooted), smooth. Gills 

 arcuate, decurrent, distant, the alternate ones shorter. 



Not allied to any ; among the smallest of Afyce7ice, but of all of them the 

 most extraordinary on account of the thick (i lin.) fluid and pellucid yi?//^, 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.y.B. Spores ellipsoid 

 or oblong-ellipsoid, 8-11 X 4 mk. K. Name — rcr/c/z/j, wet with dew. Dripping. 

 Fr. Monogr. i. p. "22.^. Hym. Eur. p. 150. Be7-k. Out. p. 128. C. Hbk. ?i. 

 205. Illust. PL 248. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 183. Quel. t. 4./. 4. 



VIII. — Basipedes. Stem dilated at the base, &^c, 



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

 commonly white, membranaceous, campanulate, at length convex, 

 obtuse, pellucid-striate, dry, coinmo7ily sprinkled with spreading 

 hairs. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, fistulose,yf/z/^r;;z, some- 

 times almost capillary, equal, naked, dry, seated itp07i an or'bicitlar, 

 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 fiexuous {Hoffm. t. 6. f. 2). 



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



Spores 2x3 mk. W.G.S. Name — cttvAo?, a pillar; /Sacns, a base. From the 

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

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

 n. 206. Illust. PI. 249. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 184. A. shining white. — B. 

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

 2025./. 3.^ — Hoffm. t. 6. f. 2. 



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

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

 ules. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, scarcely ^ lin. thick, fistulose, 

 flexuGus, 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— /<r«^r, tender. Very tender. Berk. Eng. Fl, v p. 



