MYCENA 387 



1231. M. cinerella Karst. Cke. Illus. no. 264, t. 210, upper figs., as 

 Omphalia grisea Fr. sec. Lange. Cinerella, somewhat ash colour. 



P. 5-15 mm., grey, or pallid greyish, submembranaceous, campanu- 

 late, entirely striate. St. 2-4 cm. x 1-2 mm., greyish white, equal, base 

 fibrillose. Gills greyish white, broadly adnato-decurrent. Spores elliptical, 

 7-10 x 4-6 /A. Cystidia "ovate oblong, generally conical, ventricose 

 below, apex obtusely conical, often rough, 50-60 x 12-16/u." v. 

 Hoehnel; "globose, finely warted, not protruding" Pearson "in litt." 

 Smell very strong, of meal. Woods, and pastures. Sept. Nov. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



1232. M. paupercula Berk. (= Mycena metata Fr. sec. Quel.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 231, t. 236, upper figs. Paupercula, poor. 



P. 2-5 mm., pale ochraceous white, becoming almost tawny with 

 age, submembranaceous, obtusely conical, or hemispherical, minutely 

 innato-fibrillose, sometimes translucidly striate. St. 1-2-5 cm. x 

 1 mm., white, curved, rooting, smooth; base thicker, villose. Gills 

 white, at first free, then adnexed. Smell of new meal. Inside decayed 

 stumps. July Sept. Uncommon. 



1233. M. leptocephala (Pers.) Fr. Pers. Ic. et Desc. t. 12, fig. 4. 



Xe-TTTo?, thin; K<f>d\.ij, head. 



P. 1-2-5 cm., cinereous, submembranaceous, campanulato-expanded, 

 repand, umbonate, fragile, sulcate, pruinose, opaque. St. 4-6 cm. x 

 2-3 mm., concolorous, equal, slightly striate, opaque, dry. Gills white 

 cinereous, becoming white at the edge, emarginate, connected by veins. 

 Flesh grey, thin at the margin. Spores white, elliptical, 6-9 x 3-4ju,, 

 with a large central gutta. Cystidia "acute awl-shaped, somewhat 

 fusiform, 60-70 x 10-14/u," Lange; "lanceolate, 60-100 x 10-18^" 

 Rick. Smell nitrous. Solitary. On trunks, and on the ground, espe- 

 cially in coniferous woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1234. M. alcalina Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 81, fig. 3. Alcalina, alkaline. 

 P. 2-5 cm., cinereous, fuscous, date brown, inclining to olivaceous, 



often tinged with yellow or pink, submembranaceous, campanulate, 

 obtusely umbonate, deeply striate when moist, shining when dry. 

 St. 5-8 cm. x 2-4 mm., normally yellow, often cinereous, slightly firm, 

 rigid, slippery when moist, shining when dry, smooth, base villose. 

 Gills glaucous white, or dark cinereous, becoming white and sometimes 

 brown at the edge, adnate, slightly ventricose, sometimes connected 

 by veins, subdistant. Flesh whitish, thick at the disc. Spores white, 

 broadly elliptical, 8-10 x 6-7 /A. Basidia with 4-sterigmata. Cystidia 

 hyaline, flask-shaped, or fusiform, base often ventricose; apex pro- 

 longed, obtuse or pointed, 35-45 x 10-18 x 4-5/x at apex. Smell 

 strong, alkaline. Caespitose, rarely solitary. Coniferous stumps, 

 trunks, and needles. Jan. Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



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