Mycena AGARIC ACE^E 7 1 



G. adnate, purplish or brownish-white, minutely black-dotted at 

 edge. Flesh white to faintly purplish. 



Woods, beech, oak, stumps and dead leaves. Aug.-Oct. if x 3! X ■£% in. 

 Somewhat resembles 224. 



287a. M. earneosanguinea Rea (from the change of colour in the 

 flesh — on section — from white to blood-red ; caro, flesh, 

 sanguis, blood) a. 

 P. convex, subumbonate, smooth, livid-grey; mid. tinging to 

 rufous, paler when old. St. grey, yellowish below, base clad 

 with short mycelial threads. G. adnate, dull purplish-brown 

 with a crimson-red edge. Flesh moderately thick at mid. of P. 

 and apex of St., white, changing above to bright rose or 

 blood-red. 

 Woods. Aug. 1 1 X if X \ in. 



288. M. balanina Karst. (from its frequent habitat, beech-mast ; Gr. 



balanos) a b. 

 P. convexo-umbonate, granulose, umber-ochreous. St. attenuate 



downwards, satiny, white above, deep brown below. G. 



rounded, free, sprinkled and fringed with dull purple spiculae. 

 Beech-mast, acorns, oak-leaves ; rare. Sept. i£ X 3§ X J in. 



289. M. iris Que'l. (from its rainbow tints ; Gr. iris, the rainbow) a b c. 

 P. hemispherical, evanescent blue-fibrillose on a pale umber, 



lead-coloured or greenish ground; marg. sometimes cobalt. 

 St. pilose, pale umber above, bright blue-fibrillose at base. 

 G. adnexo-free, forming a collar behind, sometimes denticulate, 

 ashy. 

 On decayed twigs, stumps, chips, sticks and cones of fir, often deeply rooting 

 amongst pine-leaves. Sept. -Nov. f X 3j X T V in. 



290. M. mirabilis Quel, (mirabilis, wonderful) a. 



P. conical, dull lavender-blue ; mid. ochreous. St floccose, sub- 

 rooting, bluish below. G. adnexed, white, edge dotted with 

 dark particles. 



Fir-trunks, amongst Hypnum. Aug. \ X 3 X ^ 3 in. Perhaps the same 

 as 291. 



291. M. marginella Quel, (from the minute fringe at the margin of 



the gills) a. 

 P. conico-convex, floccose, pallid ; marg. dull bluish. St. tomen- 



tose and bluish below. G. adnate or adnexed, white, edge 



bluish- or reddish-flocculose. 

 Fir-trunks amongst Hypnum cupressiforme. Aug. -Sept. \ X 1% X ^ in. 



292. M. aurantiomarginata Quel, (from the orange margin of the 



gills) a. 

 P. hemispherical, umbonate, olive-brown. St attenuate upwards, 

 pale yellowish. G. attenuato-adnexed with a tooth, whitish, 

 floccose at edge. 



Odour strong. Woods, silver fir. Nov. if X i£ X & in. 



