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Stem very slender, 3-6 in. long. Pileus 3-4 lines broad, 

 somewhat shining, livid-fuscous, whitish-grey, &c., the 

 slightly fleshy papilla often absent, almost even when dry. 

 Gills ascending, distinct, decurrent tooth obsolete; margin 

 whitish. (Fries.) 



Mycena debilis. Fr. 



Pileus about \ in. across, membranaceous ; campanulate 

 then convex, obtuse, striate, almost even when dry, rugulose,. 

 becoming brownish, opaque; gills broadly adnate, narrow, 

 distinct, whitish; stem 1-2 in. long, very slender, equal, 

 flaccid and not quite straight, whitish, base not rooting,- 

 fibrillose. 



Agaricus (Mycena) delilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 112; Cke. r 

 Hdbk., p. 85 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 189A. 



On the ground among moss, &c. 



M. collariata somewhat resembles the present species, but 

 differs in having the gills attached to a collar round the 

 etem. 



Becoming dry within an hour in fine weather, but per- 

 sisting for a long time in damp places among leaves. About 

 the size of M. sanguinolenta. Colour whitish, flesh-colour, 

 livid, &c., becoming brownish. Urnbo obtuse when present. 

 (Fries.) 



Mycena amicta. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 lines across, membranaceous, conically cam- 

 panulate, striate up to the middle, dry, glabrous, sometimes- 

 pruinose, greenish, grey, livid, &c. ; gills free, crowded, 

 linear, grey, margin paler ; stem 3-4 in. long, very slender, 

 equal, tough, covered with pulverulent down, root tapering, 

 twisted, glabrous. 



Agaricus (Mycena) amictus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 141 ;. 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 85; Cke., Illustr., pi. 283. 



On the ground among moss. 



Readily distinguished among allied forms by the long, 

 slender, tough, pulverulent stem, and the grey gills. 



Mycena mirabilis. Cke. & Quel. 



Pileus about in. high and across, flesh very thin, campanu- 

 late, finely striate, umbonate, pale bluish-grey, umbo darker 

 at first, then tan-colour; gills slightly adnexed, distant,. 



