CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 



short, subelliptical-saccate, obtuse, 30-35x12-1.1 ruler., filled with 

 brownish substance as shown under microscope. 



() n rotten \\ I or humus, in oak and maple woods. Ann Al- 

 itor. NCw Richmond. June-September, infrequent. 



This little Mycena was described bj Peck From material Benl t" 



liiin from St. 1 is, Mo., i>\ Glatfelter. Peck says the edge is 



purplish, but there is scarcely anj tinl of thai color in the gillH 

 <>r our specimens; aevertheless the two Forme appear to be identical 

 in other respects, in general appearance and liabital il imitates 

 Collybia floccipes Fr., bul the stem is less purelj white, the gilln 

 have the brown-dotted edge, rystidia are lacking and the k|mj 

 ;ir<' slightly larger. 



Section V. Instititiae. Stem inserted (i. e. attached directlj 

 to other plant parts withoul rool Like base or tubercle, etc.), dry. 

 <!ills adnate, uncinate (no1 truly decurrenl as in Omphalia 



844. Mycena corticola Fr. 



Syst. Myc... L821. 



[llustrations : Cooke, [11., PI. L64. 

 Fries, [cones, PI. 85, Fig. 2. 

 GiUet, Champignons de France, No. [58. 

 Bard, Mushrooms, Fig. 93, p. [26, L908. 

 Patouillard, Tab. Analyt., N T o. 217. 



PILEUS [-8 nun. broad, hemispherical, obtuse or al length sub 

 umbilicate, distantly striate, flocculose-pruinate, blackish (when 

 young), becoming fuscous, cinereous, grayish-ochraceous, 

 FLESH thin, membranaceous. GILLS adnate, uncinate, d 

 broad, subovate, paler than pileus. STEM 6-12 nun. long, l mm. 

 thick, slender, incurved, glabrous or minutely furfuraceous, paler 

 than pileus. 



< »n the bark of living trunks of frondose trees; everywhere, espe 

 ciallj on shade trees of cities. Probably throughoul the State, 

 very common in southern part. Julj October. 



After rains, in late summer and fall, iln's little Mycena ap|>ei 

 in large numbers, scattered over the trunks of « »u i- shade m, 



maple, etc. It appears to revive somewhal after bucc ling rains, 



but tlif texture is thai of a Mycena rather than a Marasmins. The 

 color is \civ variable, especially during development. 1/ 

 Fr. is said to be its near relative, and to -row in similar 



