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205. Agaricus (Myceua) zoiidus. Fr. '• Dripping Mycena." 



Very delicate ; pileus very thin, convex, sub-umbilicate, sul- 

 cate, dry ; stem tliread-like, very glutinous ; gills decurrent, dis- 

 tant, white. — Fr. Epicr.p. 117. Eng. Fl. \.p. 30*. 



On dead bramble-twigs, &c. 



Pileus J in. broad, or more, dirty ochraceous, at length nmbilicate, and 

 slightly depressed, striate or plicate, often rugose, very minutely scabrous 

 under a high magnifier. Gills white, strongly decurrent, broad, their edge 

 powdery ; stem 1\ in. or more high, very slender, fistulose, at first tinged with 

 violet above, at length dirty ochre, pulverulent within the pileus, below 

 clothed with abundant white pellucid gluten, which almost drips from it ; 

 sometimes the whole plant is nearly white. — M. J. B. 



Sect. 6. Basipedes — stem dry, dilated at the base into a 



little disc. 



206. Agaricus (Mycena) stylobates. P. •' Discoid Mycena." 



Pilens membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, striate, sub-pi- 

 lose ; stem filiform, smooth ; base orbicular, plane, yillous, striate ; 

 gills free, distinct, ventricose. — Fr.Epicr.p. 117. BerJc. Outl. t, 

 6,/. 5. Fers. Syn. t. 5,/. 4. Sturm, t. 29. Fl. Dan. t. 2025,/. 3. 

 Eng. FL \.p. 61. 



On fern, twigs, &c. Aug. [S. Carolina.] 



Pure white. Pileus 2 lines or more broad, campanulate or hemispherical, 

 sometimes broadly and obtusely umbouate, striate, with a round mark in 

 the centre caused by the insertion of the stem, minutely pilose, not granu- 

 lose ; gills unequal, rounded, free. Stem 1-2 in. high, + line thick, rather 

 thicker at the base, flexuous, fistulose, downy or minutely pilose, though 

 sometimes, as the pileus becomes quite smooth, fragile, adhering by abroad 

 membranous, tomentose, radiato -striate disc. — M. J. B. Spores '0001 X 

 •00005 in. 



207. Agaricus (Mycena) tenerzimus. Berli. "Delicate 



Mycena." 



White, yery delicate ; pileus conyex, pruinose ; stem jDilose, 

 adhering by a minute pubescent disc ; gills free, yentricose. — 

 Berk. Outl. t. 6,/. 6. Eng. Fl. Y.p, 61. 



On fir-cones, sticks, &c. 



Gregarious, pure white. Pileus 1-lHines broad, very delicate, tender, and 

 easily injured, not pilose, but frosted with minute granules; gills distant, 

 unequal. Stem lin. high, scarce |line thick, flexuous, fistulose, adhering by 

 a minute pubescent disc, which is not the least striate : spores white, round. 

 —M.J.B. 



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