122 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



This species, a> well as M. galericulata, is closely related to M. cohaerens. I 

 have found it in dense tufts or clusters, sometimes on lawn--, mi the hare ground, 

 and in the woods. It is one of the plants in which the stems may he cooked with 

 the caps. 



Mycenq capillaris. Schutn. 



Capillaris means hair-like. This is a very small but beautiful white plant. 

 The pileus is bell-shaped, at length umbilicate, smooth. 

 The gills are attached to the stem, ascending, rather distant. 

 The stem is thread-like, smooth, short. 

 The spores are 7-8x4. Fries. 



These plants are very small and easily overlooked. They grow on leaves 

 in the woods after a rain. July and August. Quite common. 



Myccna sctosa. Sow. 



Setosa means full of seta? or hairs. 



The pileus is very delicate, hemispherical, obtuse, smooth. 



The gills are distant, white, almost free. 



The stem is short, slender, and covered with spreading hairs which gives 

 rise to its specific name. 



Commonly found on dead leaves in the woods after a rain. Found in July 

 and August. 



Mycena henna to pa. Pers. 

 Tiik BtooD-FooT Myckna. Edible. 



Haematopa is from two Greek words, meaning blood and foot. 



The pileus is fleshy, one inch broad, conic, or bell-shaped, somewhat umbonate, 

 obtuse, whitish to flesh-color, with more or less dull red. even, or slightly striate at 

 the margin, the margin extending beyond the gills and is toothed. 



The gills are attached to the stem, often with a decurrent tooth, whitish. 

 Spores, 10x6-7. 



The stem is two to four inches long, firm, hollow, sometimes smooth, some- 

 times powdered with whitish, soft hairy down, in color the same as the pileus. 

 yielding a dark red juice which gives name to the specii 



The color varies quite a little in these plants, owing to some having more 

 of the red juice than others. The genus is readily identified by the dull blood-red 



