CLASSIFICATION OP AG MM 



filiform, flstulose, flaccid, Bofl glabrous, mycelioid, pallid op pale 

 rafescent, exuding reddish juia when broken. SPORES 8-11 i i .". 

 micr., Long-elliptical. Sterile cells on edge of gills numerous, en 

 larged below, tapering to a point above, about ■';" micr. long. 



On the gi'ound ai g leaves in frondose mid mixe<] \\ Is, Home 



limes in tamarack swamps. Thronghonl the State. June-Sept* 

 ber. I nfrequen i . 



This little Mycena is smaller than l/. haematopa ami lacks the 

 crenate margin of thai species, h has a somewhal different hah 

 itat, is vet] sofl and slender and when young the cap is dark red. 

 Ii is readih distinguished From I/, haematopa l>\ the colored edge 

 <ii the gills. Stevenson says it is common in (ireal Britain, hut 

 with us it occurs rather seldom, and prefers the northern an 



Section II. Glutinipedes. Stem viscid, without juice; gills ;ii 

 length uncinate. 



833. Mycena leajana Berk. 



Eooker, London Journal, Vol. IV, p. ::i»t>. 



Illustrations: Bard, Mushrooms, Fig. 94, p. li'T. i!ms 



Conn. State Geo! & Nat. Bist. Bull. N<>. 15, l'l. ii. i-.tin. 



PILEUS 2-3 cm. broad (rarely larger), convex, Bubexpanded, urn- 

 bilicate, covered by a tough, mscid, orangi separabh cuticle, Bhining 

 when moist, glabrous. FLESH rather thick, livid whitish. GILLS 

 adnate, becoming sinuate, rather narrow, close, thickish, yellowish 

 to pale orange, edg\ reddish to vemiillion. STEM .".7 cm. long, 

 -• mm. thick, equal, even, hollow, tough-cartilaginous, viscid, ai 

 first yellow and covered i».\ orange scurfy-pnlverulence, varying 

 below to strigose tomentum ;ii times, attached bj an orange-colored 



mycelium. SPORES elliptic-oblong, 8-9.5x5-6 micr., mi th, dent 



ed on < Bide. < 5YST1 1 »l A none; sterih a lis on and Bear th< 



of the gills, numerous, reddish-orange, about r> micr. Ion::, api 

 culate. 



Caespitose on logs, branches and stumps in frondose and con,il 

 woods. Throughout the State. Julj September. Rather frequent, 

 especially in the north. 



This is ;i striking and beautiful species, easily recognised at ■< 

 distance by the reddish-orange color of the rather dense clu»t< 

 The cap often Fades to ;i livid-tan and finally to .i whitish col 

 and then develops striations <>n the margin. This Bpecies does not 



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