120 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OT HERWISE 



Mycena galcricitlata. Scop. 

 The Small Peaked-cap Mycena, Edible. 



Galericulata, a small peaked-cap. 



The pileus is campanulate, whitish or grayish, center of the disk darker and 

 lighter toward the margin, smooth, dry, margin striated nearly to the peak of 

 the umbo, sometimes slightly depressed. 



The gills are adnate with a tooth, connected by veins, whitish, then gray, 

 often flesh color, rather distant, ventricose. edge sometimes entire, sometimes 

 serrate. 



The stem is rigid, cartilaginous, hollow, tough, straight, polished, smooth, 

 hairy at the base. 



It grows on logs and stumps in the woods. It is very common and sometimes 

 found in abundance. The plants are frequently densely clustered, the numerous 

 stems matted together by a soft hairy- down at the base. There are many forms 

 of this plant. Found from Septemher to frost. The plants in Figure 89 were 

 photographed by Prof. G. D. Smith. Akron, O. 



Mycena rugosa, Vr. 

 The Wrinkled Mycena. Ki>ible. 



Rugosa means wrinkled. The pileus is somewhat fleshy, darker and smaller 

 than the galericulata, quite tough, hell-shaped, then expanded, with unequal 

 elevated wrinkles, always dry. striate on the margin. 



The gills are adnate. with a tooth, united behind, connected by veins, some- 

 what distant, whitish, then gray, edge sometimes entire, sometimes serrate. 



The stem is short, tough, rooted with a hairy base, strongly cartilaginous, 

 hollow, rigid, smooth. It is found on stumps or decayed logs during September 

 and ( Jctober. 



Mycena prolifera. Sow. 

 Tin-; Proliferous Mycena. Edible. 



Prolifera is from proles, offspring, and fero, to bear. The pileus is somewhat 

 fleshy, coinpanulate. then expanded, dry. with a broad, dark umbo; margin at 

 length sulcate or furrowed and sometimes split, pale-yellowish or becoming 

 brownish-tan. 



The- gills are adnexed. subdistant, white, then pallid. 



The stem i> firm, rigid, smooth, shining, minutely striate, rooting. Fries. 



