78 AGARICACE^E Mycena 



336. M. amieta Quel, (from the pulverulent pileus and stem ; a?nicio, 



to clothe) a. 

 P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, greenish, pale slate or 



livid. St. rooting, livid. G. adnexo-free, pale grey with 



lighter edge. 

 Gregarious. Odour none. Amongst moss and leaves, about roots of Nardus 



stricta. Sept. § x 2>i x sV m * 



336a. M. plumbea Karst. (from the colour of the pileus ; filumbeus, 

 leaden). 

 P. membranous, convexo-flattened, obtuse, sulcate, sprinkled 

 white-pruinose. St. fragile, ashy-pulverulent, white-hyaline 

 above, strigose below. G. adnate, horizontal, colour as P. 

 Odour none. Mossy pastures. Autumn, § X 4 in. 



336b. M. einerea Mass. & Crossl. (from its colour • cinis, ashes). 

 Wholly grey. 

 P. slightly gibbous or obtuse, then expanded • marg. striate, paler 

 and silky when dry. St. glabrous, base white-downy. G. 

 adnate, subdistant ; edge paler. 



Amongst short grass. Odour strong of radishes. 1 x 2§ x ^ in. Differs 

 from 324 in sulcate P. ; from 327 in white G. ; from 336a in absence of 

 odour. 



337. M. debilis Quel, (debilis, weak) a c. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, livid-whitish or brownish- 

 salmon. St. colour as P., fibrillose at rooting base. G. 

 broadly adnate, whitish. 



Gregarious. Woods, chestnut, fir, amongst moss. Oct. § X 2^ X ^ in. 



338. M. vitilis Que'l. (from the deep striae of the pileus; vitilis, 



plaited) a b. 

 P. conico-campanulate, sometimes papillate, brownish, becoming 

 whitish. St. shining, livid. G. attenuato-adnate or slightly 

 sinuate, whitish or grey, or dark ashy with a white edge. 



Solitary or gregarious. Odour none. Woods, mixed amongst leaves ; 

 frequent. Sept .-Nov. \ X 4§ X ^ in. 



339. M. eollariata Quel, (from the union of the gills in a minute 



collar at the top of the stem) a c. 

 P. campanulato-convex, subumbonate, greyish-white, rose-tinged; 



mid. fuscous. St. smooth, whitish-brown. G. adnate, hoary 



white or faintly salmon. 

 Woods, amongst grass and oak-bark. Oct. -Nov. f X i\ X ^ in. 



340. M. speirea Gill, (from the twisted base of the stem ; Gr. speira, 



a coil) a. 

 P. plane, umbonate, pallid grey or whitish ; mid. dark fuscous. 



St. attenuato-rooting, fibrillose and brown below, white above. 



G. adnate, thin, deeply decurrent, white. 

 In troops during very rainy weather. Woods, mixed, mossy trunks ; 



uncommon. Aug.-Oct. h X i£ X 3*5 in. 



