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brownisb-grey, opaque when dry. Gills adiiate without a 

 <lecurrent tooth, thick, distant, connected by veins, grey, at 

 lengtli whitish pruinose. Appears to be nearest to M. metata^ 

 which differs in the soft, lax stem and almost even pileus. 

 (Fries.) 



Mycena paupercula. Berk. 



Stnmg-sceiited. Pileus 1-2 lines across, flesh thin ; 

 obtusely conical or Ijemispherical, ver}^ minutely innately 

 fil)iillose, ochraceous-white , gills free then adnexed, whitish ; 

 stem ^ in. and more long, slender, equal, whitish, rooting 

 and downy at the base. 



Aqariciis (JSlijcena) jmujycrculus. Berk., Oath, p. 125; Cke., 

 Hdlik., p. 82; Cke., lilustr., pi. 236a. 



Inside decayed stumps. 



Minute, ochraceous^-white. Pileus 1 line broad, pale 

 ochraceous-white, in age almost tawny. When moist the 

 gills sbiie through, giving a striate appearance, but not 

 •always. (Berk.) 



Distinguished among the minute species by the rather 

 strong, sweet scent, and rooting stem. 



il^f. psammicola differs in the wholly whitish-pulvc^rulent 

 stem, and in having particles sprinkled over the pileus. 



Pileus 1 line broad, flesh}', for the size of the plant firm, 

 .scarcely membranaceous, obtusely conic or hemispherical, 

 most minutely but decidedly innato-fibrillose, pale ochra- 

 oeous-white, in age almost tawny, probably stained by 

 the Avood on which it grows. When moist the gills shine 

 through, giving it a striate appearance, but not always. 

 Oills white, adnexed by reason of the growth of the pileus ; 

 in youth they are really free. Sporules white, round. Stem 

 1-1 in. high, h a line thick, white, curved, rooting, the root 

 villous, minutely stuffed, smooth, even, under a high magni- 

 fying power, powdered at the top with the sporules, generally 

 thicker below. Odour farinaceous. Allied to A. alcalinus, 

 but I think distinct from all its small varieties. For it is 

 much more fleshy, and seems to have no tendency to be 

 -coloured like that species. (Berk.) 



Mycena atrocyanea. Batsch. 

 Pileus up to h in. across, flesh thin, grey ; fragile, inodorous, 

 'Canipanulately convex, umbonate, sulcate, brownish, then 



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