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172. Agaricus (Mycena) rosellus. Fr, " Rosy Mycena." 



Rose-coloured. Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical, obtuse, 

 umbonate, striate ; stem thin, soft, without juice, whitish fibril- 

 lose at the base ; gills adnate, with the edge darker. — Fr.Epicr. 

 p.lOl. Fl.Dan.t.2()2b.f.'2. Fers. Si/n. t. 6,f.3. 



Amongst fir leaves. Rare. 



Smaller, thinner, softer, and paler, than A . strohiliaiLS, which it othermse 

 somewhat resembles, although perfectly distinct. 



Sect. 2. Adonidece — stem not dilated at base, gills of one colour. 



173. Agaricus (Mycena) purus. P. " Amethyst My cena." 



Strong scented. Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then ex- 

 panded, obtuse, umbonate, smooth, turning pallid ; margin striate; 

 stem rigid, even, nearly naked, villous at the base ; gills very 

 broad, widely sinuate, adnexed, connected by veins, paler than the 

 pileus. — Fr.Epicr. p. 1()'2. Huss.ii.t.id. Fng.Fl.y.p.60. Paul. 

 «. 119. i^/.Z)rm.^. 1612, 1G73,/.1. Batsch.J.20. Larbr,t.l3,f. 

 4. Bull. t. 507. Schceff. t. 303. 



Amongst leaves in woods. Common. [S. Carolina.] 



Gregarious. Pileus f-2 in. broad, sub-carnose, obtuse, convex, at length 

 depressed, the margin thin, pellucid, sometimes marked with two or three 

 concentric groves, amethyst, or rose-coloured, soon changing to a pale brown 

 purple, at last nearly white ; gills broad, adnate, sometimes almost decurrent, 

 at first whitish, then amethyst or rose, then subrufescent, connected by veins, 

 margin uneven ; stem often twisted, more or less fibrillose, at length smooth, 

 tough, hollow, lined -nnth silky fibres, splitting easily upwards, the base often 

 strigose. Always distinguishable by its taste, and odour like that of radishes. 

 —J/. /. B. Spores •0U023 X -OUOIS in . 



174. Agaricus (Mycena) Iris. Berk. *' Blue Mycena." 



Pileus hemispherical, obtuse, striate, sub-viscid, adorned with 

 blue fibrill^ ; stem fasciculate, pilose ; gills almost free. — Berk. 

 Outl. t. 6./. 3. Eng. Fl. x.p. 56, 



On fir slumps. Oct. Rare. 



Fasciculate or scattered, brittle, when young the pileus and stem are bright 

 sky-blue, and beautifully tomentose. Pileus f-f in. broad, membranaceous, 

 hemispherical, obtuse, striate, umber, clothed with blue fibrillse, which are 

 glued down to the epidermis, scattered in the centre, thicker and more free 

 on the margin, which is slightly denticulate ; gills free or slightly adnexed, 

 linear, pale cinereous, the margin sometimes denticulate ,• stem, 1^-31 in. 

 high, not 1 line broad, not rooting, blue below, above subrufescent, the to- 

 mentum below depressed and blue, above nearly white, minutely but distinctly 

 fasciculato-pHose, in very elongated specimens obsolete. — M. J. B. 



