MYCENA. IIT) 



Distinguished from 31. rosella by the deeper colour aud 

 by not becoming pale, also by its larger size. More or less 

 fasciculate. 



Subgregarious, subfasciculate. Pileus 3-5 lines broad, 

 canipanulate, with a rather short fleshy umbo, smooth, 

 bright-red or orange-red, striate at the margin. Gills 

 adnate, with a decurrent process, distant, whitish-red, edges 

 dull and darker red. Stem 1-2 in. high, hollow, firm, 

 smooth, pale-red, strigose at the base and whitish, often with 

 a long root. (Grev.) 



Va)\ coccinea, Sow., t. 197 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 131b. 

 Similar in appearance to M. strobilina, but the gills are not 

 at all darker at the edge. 

 On fir cones and twigs. 



Mycena rosella. Fr. 



Every part clear rose-colour. Pileus about J in. across, 

 entirely membranaceous and striate, campanulate then 

 hemispherical, obtusely umbonate, rather hygrophanous ; 

 gills adnate with traces of a decurrent tooth, rather distant, 

 margin blackish-purple ; stem about 1 in. long, very slender, 

 soft, base with white down but not strigose; obliquely 

 elliptical, 7-8 X 4 /;t. 



Agaricus (^Mycena) rosellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 101 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 77 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 131c. 



Among moss and leaves in pine woods. 



Loosely gregarious ; becoming pale with age. 



Agreeing with M. strohiUna in many respects, but quite 

 distinct. Smaller and more slender, softer, paler in colour, 

 every part being a pretty rose-colour ; at length becoming 

 pale. 



Mycena rubromarginata. Fr. 



Pileus J-1 in. across, flesh thin; campanulate, obtuse, 

 striate, hygrophanous, grey, livid, reddish, whitish when 

 dry ; gills adnate, ^ line broad, distant, whitish, margin 

 purple-brown; stem 1-2 in. long, up to 1 line thick, even, 

 rigid, juiceless, pallid. 



Agaricus (Mycena) ruhromarginata. Fries, Syst. Myc, u 

 p. 150; Cke., Illustr., pi. 284b; Cke., Hdbk., p. 76. 



On rotten wood, pine stamps, twigs, &c, 



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