MYCENA 399 



1272. M. tenerrima Berk. (= Mycena setosa (Sow.) Quel.) Berk. 

 Outl. t. 6, fig. 6. Tenerrima, very delicate. 



Pure white. P. 2-3 mm., very tender, convex, frosted with minute 

 granules. St. 1-2-5 cm. x 1 mm., flexuose, pilose, arising from a 

 minute, pubescent disc. Gills free, ventricose, distant, unequal. Flesh 

 white, very thin. Spores white, subglobose, 4-5 x 3-4//,. Cystidia 

 "50-55 x 10/i" Sacc. Dead twigs, fallen branches, and felled trunks. 

 Aug. April. Common, (v.v.) 



1273. M. discopus Lev. (= Mycena setosa (Sow.) Quel.) Cke. Illus. 

 no. 249, t. 192, middle figs. Si<r/co<t, a disc; TTOVS, foot. 



Entirely shining white. P. 2-4 mm., membranaceous, conical, ob- 

 tuse, mealy-pulverulent. St. 1-2 cm. x 1 mm., very tender, mealy- 

 pulverulent, inserted with a small hairy bulb. Gills adnate, few, fold-like, 

 very distant. Flesh white, very thin. Spores white, globose, 3/>t. On 

 twigs, and dead herbaceous stems. Sept. Dec. Not uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



1274. M. saccharifera B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 249, t. 192, top figs. 



Saccharon, sugar ',fero, I bear. 



Whitish, everywhere beset with shining granules. P. 4 mm., hemi- 

 spherical. St. 4 x 1 mm., filiform, fixed at the base by a few flocci. 

 Gills arcuato-decurrent, 8-9, very distant, rather thick, margin and 

 surface granulated. Spores white, globose, 3p. On bramble, rose, 

 furze, and nettle stalks. Nov. March. Uncommon. 



var. electica Bucknall. Cke. Illus. no. 248, t. 249, fig. C, as Mycena 

 electica Bucknall. Electica, choice. 



Differs from the type in the sulcate p., and adnate gills. On dead 

 furze, and sticks. 



1275. M. pterigena Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 85, fig. 4. 



Trre/H?, a fern; yiyvofiai, I am born. 



Entirely rose colour. P. 2-6 mm., globose, then campanulate, 4 mm. 

 high, very tender, pellucidly striate, obtuse, sometimes at length 

 umbilicate. St. 1-7-5 cm. x 1 mm., tense and straight, or flexuose, 

 smooth; base bulbous, white strigose. Gills adnate, broad, distant, 

 edge darker. Flesh pinkish, very thin. Spores white, pip-shaped, 

 9-12 x 4-6 jn. Cystidia "ovate, or subglobular with numerous, 

 minute, erect setae, contents pinkish" Lange. On dead leaves, and 

 dead fern stems. Sept. Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



IX. St. very thin, inserted (i.e. growing on other plants without a 

 root, or tubercle, or flocci at the base), dry. Gills adnate, uncinate 

 with a small decurrent tooth. Very tender, becoming flaccid as 

 soon as the sun touches them. 



