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MCSIlh'OOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The stem is smooth, slightly sticky, 

 shining, villous at the base with a 

 sometimes tawny-down, sometimes 

 firm and tenaceous, hollow, aettnu- 

 ated upward. The plant is rigid, but 

 brittle, and strong-scented. Found 

 on decayed stumps and logs, you will 

 meet it frequently. August to No- 

 vember. 



Mycena filopes. Bull. 



Thready-Stkm.m ed Mycena. 



Pileus membranaceous, obtuse, 

 campanulate, then expanded, striate, 

 brown or umber, tinged with pink. 



The gills are free or minutely ad- 

 nexed, slightly ventricose. white or 

 paler than the pileus. crowded. 



The stem is hollow, juicy, smooth, 

 filiform, rather brittle, whitish or brownish. Found in woods on leaves, after a 

 rain, from July to October. 



Figure 91. Mycena alkalina. Two-thirds natural size, 

 often larger. Young specimens. 



Mycena staiinca. I'r. 

 Tin-: Tin-Colored Mycena. 



Stannea pertaining to the color of tin. This is a delicate species that grows 

 in the woods in tufts on rotten wood in damp places. The general character is 

 shown in the illustration, being nearly white but many of the pilei are somewhat 

 smoky. 



The pileus is firm, membranaceous, bell-shaped, then expanded, sin 

 very slightly striate, hygrophanous, quite silky, tin-color. 



The gills are firmly attached to the stem, with a decurrent tooth, connected 

 by veins, grayish-white. 



The stem is sVnooth, even, shining, becoming pale, at length compressed. This 

 species differs from Mycena vitrea in having a tooth to the gills. May. June, and 

 Julv. 



