MVCKNA. 117 



to be free, ciowdcd, connected Lj'- veins, livid with a 

 •greenish tinge, niart2;in orange, fimbriate ; stein firm, hollow, 

 1-1 1 in. long, 3-4 lines thick at the base, 1-2 lines at the 

 apex, even, glabions, livid or pale, base inflated, ventricose, 

 •and strigose with yellow down. 



Agarivus (Myccna) aurantio-marginafus, Fries, Epicr., p. 100 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 76. 



Distinguished b3- the fimbriate, orange margin of the gills, 

 and the swollen base of tlie stem with yellow down. 



Mycena elegans. Pers. 



Fileiis \-^ in. across, raembranaceons, campanulate, m )rt' 

 •or less umbonate, striate, glabrous, brown or livid-yell<»\v, 

 opaque, not hygrophanous; gills adnate with a decuirei.r. 

 tooth, narrow, rather distant, distinct, colour variable, usually 

 livid, sides greyish, but varying to whitish, yellowish, Scc.y 

 the edge entire, darker, saffron-colour ; stem about 2 in. long, 

 1 line thick, equal, livid, base fibrillosely downy, hollow, 

 rigid, straight; spores 8-10 x -1—5 /x. 



Agaricus elegans, Persoon, Syn., p. 391 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 76 ; 

 Oke., lUustr., pi. 284a. 



In piue woods, &c., on the ground. 



Gregarious ; smell weak or absent. Distinguished by the 

 •saffron-coloured margin of the gills. 



Mycena balanina. Eeik. 



Pileus ?i~l^ ill. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, 

 margin thin, convex then plane, often with an umbo ; striate 

 when moist, even when dry, pale yellowish-brown ; gills 

 adnate, then separating from the stem, connected by veins, 

 1^ line broad, white with a pinkish tinge, edge purple ; 

 ;stem about 3 in. long, 1-1 J line thick at the apex, usually 

 becoming thinner downwards, striate, downy below, squaniu- 

 lose above, brownish, becoming paler at the apex, hollow. 



Agaricus {Mycena^ halaninus, Berk., Mag. Zool. & Bot., 

 vol. i., t. 15, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk,, p. 76 ; Cke., Hlustr., pi. 156, 

 f. 2. 



On beech-mast, among beech leaves, &c. 



Distinguished among species having the margin of the 

 _gills darker, by the lai-ge size and colour of the pileus. 



