S6 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Mycena clavicularis. Fr. 



Pileus ?)-f in. across, membranaceotis ; convex then ex- 

 panded, somewhat nmbonate at first, striate, dry, without a 

 distinct pellicle, disc at length depressed, whitish, yellowish 

 or brownish ; gills adnate, narrow, white ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, slender, tough, glabrous, viscid, whitish base fi.brillose, 

 not rooting. 



Agancus (^Mycena) clavicularis. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 158 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 88 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 208b. 



On the ground in wo'ids. 



Allied to M. ejnj^terjjgia, but distinguished by the perfectly 

 dry pileus. 31. vulgaris and M. roricla are distinguished by 

 the viscid pileus. 



Mycena epipterygia. Scop. 



Pileus ^—1 in. across, membranaceous ; campanulate, obtuse, 

 "becoming more or less expanded, never truly depressed, striate, 

 covered with a pellicle that is very viscid in wet weather, and 

 easily separable in every condition, colour variable, usually 

 grey, often pale yellowish-green near the margin ; margin 

 often minutely notched when young ; gills adnate with a 

 decurrent tooth, thin, whitish or tinged grey; stem 2-4 in. 

 long, about 1 line thick, hollow, tough, often wavy, base 

 rooting and fibrillose, even, viscid, usually yellowish, but 

 sometimes grey, pallid, or whitish; sj^ores ellij)tical, 8-10 x 

 4^5 IX. 



Agaricus epij^terygius, Scop., Carn., p. 453 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 88 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 208a. 



On branches, twigs, among moss, &c. 



Solitary or clustered. Colour variable, but readily known 

 "by the viscid pileus, both being furnished with a separable 

 pellicle. Often resembling M. alcalina in the greenish-yellow 

 colour of the pileus, but distinguished by the absence of smell. 



Pileus an inch or more broad and high, obtuse, sometimes 

 Timbilicate, cinerous-yellow, but also occasionally, according 

 to Fries, white, bluish, or rufous, submembranaceous, the 

 margin striate and toothed ; e^^idermis viscid ; when moist 

 easily tearing off. Gills arcuato-adnate, subdecurrent, par- 

 taking of the colour of the pileus. Stem 3-4 inches high, 

 about 1 line thick, full yellow, viscid, sinootb, tomentose at 

 the base. (Berk.) 



