MYCENA 397 



adnate, with a small decurrent tooth, narrow, attenuated behind, 

 distant. Flesh ofst. light yellow. Spores white, elliptical, " 9-12 x 6/x" 

 Sacc. Amongst moss on heaths, and in coniferous woods. Sept. Oct. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1265. M. clavicularis Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 84, fig. 1. 



Clavicula, a small key. 



P. 1-3 cm., whitish, or light yellowish, becoming fuscous, membrana- 

 ceous, campanulate, then convex and umbonate, at length depressed, 

 striate, dry. St. 58 cm. x 1-2 mm., whitish, or yellowish, equal, 

 tough, smooth, slightly viscid, base fibrillose. Gills whitish, adnate, 

 subdecurrent, often connected by veins. Flesh fuscous, very thin. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 6 x 4//,, " cylindric-lanceolate, 10-12 x 3-4 jn. 

 Cystidia on gill edge vesiculose-bottle-shaped, 30-36 x 9-11 jit, rarely 

 lanceolate without a head" Rick. Woods, and damp places. Sept. 

 Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1266. M. pelliculosa Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 246, t. 191, upper figs. 



Pelliculosa, having a thin skin. 



P. 1-2-5 cm., fuscous, then grey, membranaceous, campanulate, 

 then convex, obtuse, lineato- striate to the middle, covered with a viscid, 

 separable pellicle. St. 2-6 cm. x 2-3 mm., white-livid, becoming fus- 

 cous, viscid, rigid, tense and straight, smooth, apex somewhat thick- 

 ened. Gills glaucous white, adnate, alternate, very distant, fold-like, 

 joined in a collar behind, decurrent. Spores white, boat-shaped, 8-9 x 

 5-Q/jL, 2-guttulate. Cystidia "none" Rick. On heaths, and in heathy 

 woods. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1267. M. vulgaris (Pers.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 246, t. 191, lower figs. 



Vulgaris, common. 



P. 6-10 mm., fuscous, or cinereous, sometimes whitish with the 

 papilla fuscous, often rufescent when old, submembranaceous, cam- 

 panulate, then convex, disc depressed, papillate, slightly striate, viscid 

 pellicle separable. St. 2-5-5 cm. x 2 mm., cinereous, very viscid; base 

 rooting and white strigose. Gills white, or grey, uncinato-adfixed, then 

 decurrent, thin. Flesh whitish, thick at the disc. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 6-9 x 3-4 /*, 1-guttulate. Cystidia "globose, 10-12/i, 

 provided with numerous short, spiny, protuberances" v. Hoehnel. 

 Gregarious. Coniferous woods. July Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1268. M. citrinella (Pers.) Fr. (= Mycena tenella (Batsch) Sacc.) 

 Pers. Icon, et Desc. t. 11, fig. 3. Citrinella, lemon-coloured. 



P. 4-10 mm., lemon yellow, disc often darker, membranaceous, cam- 

 panulate, then hemispherical and flattened, striate, slightly viscid. 

 St. 2-3 cm. x 1 mm., lemon yellow, filiform, viscid when moist, base 

 villose. Gills shining white, uncinate, moderately broad, distant. 



