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this in having dark-edged gills. It differs from M. pseudopura and M. zephira 

 in having a strong smell. M. ianthina differs in having a conical cap. 



This plant is quite widely distributed. Our plants are light-violet in color, 

 and the color seems constant. I have found it in mixed woods. It is found in 

 September and October. 



Mycena vulgaris. Pers. 



Vulgaris means common. 



The pileus is small, convex, then depressed, papillate, viscid, brownish-gray, 

 finely striate on the margin. 



The gills are subdecurrent, thin, white ; the depressed cap and decurrent gills 

 make the plant resemble an Omphalia. Spores, 5x2.5/*,. 



The stem is viscid, pale, tough, fibrillose at the base, rooting, becoming 

 hollow. It differs from M. pelliculosa in not having a separable cuticule and the 

 fold-like gills. 



This plant will be recognized by its smoky or grayish color, umbilicate pileus, 

 and viscid stem. It is found in woods on leaves and decayed sticks. August and 

 September. 



Mycena epipterygia. Scop. 



Epipterygia is Bpi, upon, and 

 Pterygion, a small wing. 



These are small the pileus being 

 one-half to one inch broad, mem- 

 branaceous, bell-shaped, then expand- 

 ed, rather obtuse, not depressed, stri- 

 ate, the cuticule separable in every 

 condition and viscid in damp weather, 

 gray, often pale yellowish-green near 

 the margin often minutely notched 

 when young. 



The gills are attached to the stem 

 with a decurrent tooth, thin, whitish 

 or tinged with gray. 



The stem is two to four inches 

 long, hollow, tough, rooting, viscid, 

 yellowish, sometimes gray or even 

 whitish. The spores are elliptical, 

 8-10x4-5^. 



These plants have a wide distri- 



Figure 96. Mycena epipterygia. 



