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and much tufted, but individuals of tlie same species occur 

 solitary and on the ground. 



VIII. Adonideae. 



Stem without juice and not discoid at the base ; gills all 

 one colour, margin not darker, colour not changing. Colour 

 pure, bright, not brownish nor greyish. 



Scattered or solitar}^ terrestrial. 



IX. Calodontes. 



Stem juiceless, not expanded at the base ; gills having the 

 edge distinctly darker than the rest, and minutely den- 

 ticulate, a feature that sharply separates the present section 

 from every other. 



In M. sanguinolenta the gills agree with those of the 

 present section in having a dark edge, but the stem contains 

 coloured juice or milk, and consequently is placed in section. 

 Lactipedes. 



I. INSITITIAE. 



Mycena juncicola. Fr. 



Pileus up to 1 line across, often less, very delicate, convex, 

 striate, glabrous, rufescent or with a rosy tinge ; gills 

 adnate, distant, white; stem J— | in. long, very slender, 

 glabrous, brown, or with a rosy tinge. 



Agaricus (Mycena^ juncicola, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 160; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 91 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 193c. 



On dead rushes, twigs, &c. 



Pileus 1 line broad, of a deep blood-red, inclining to 

 tawny; stem 1 in. high, brown, paler above, smooth; gills 

 forming a collar round the stem. (Berk.) 



Distinguished from M. pterigena by the absence of a disc 

 at the base of the stem. 



Mycena capillaris. Fr. 



White. Pileus about 1 line high and broad, very thin,. 



campanulate and obtuse, then umbilicate, slightly striate 



when moist, even when dry; gills adnate, ascending, few, 



all entire and of equal length ; stem about 1 in. long, but 



