102 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



in the orbicular, plane pileus; finally M. rugosa differs in 

 the pileus being wrinkled near the apex and the margin 

 even. 



Mycena aetites. Fr. 



Pileus about f in. across, flesh very thin, campanulate 

 then convex, glabrous, coarsely striate, with a broad, obtuse, 

 prominent umbo, hygrophanous, brownish; gills slightly 

 sinuate, uncinate, thin, connected by veins, whitish ; stem 

 about 2 in. long, f line thick, becoming thinner upwards, 

 glabrous, shining, more or less compressed, whitish, base 

 tinged brownish. 



Agaricus (Mycena) aetites, Fries, Epicr. p. 110; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 84; Cke., Illustr., pi. 188A. 



Among damp moss. 



Gregarious. Distinguished by the broad promineut umbo, 

 suleate pileus, and gills connected by veins. 



Stem 2 in. long, whitish, becoming tinged with fuscous 

 below ; pileus sometimes becoming fuscous, margin at length 

 blackish. Gills linear, rather distant, cohering behind at 

 first, greyish at the sides. (Fries.) 



Mycena stanneus. Fr. 



Pileus -1^ in. across, fle^h very thin ; campanulate then 

 expanded, glabrous, indistinctly striate, hygrophanous, grey ; 

 tin-colour with a silky sheen and even when dry ; gills ad- 

 nate with a decurrent tooth 1 line broad, connected by 

 veins, greyish- white ; stem 2-3 J in. long, tip to 1 line thick, 

 equal, even, shining, pallid, becoming compressed, often not 

 quite straight. 



Agaricus (Mycena} sf.anneus, Fries, Epicr., p. Ill; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 84; Cke. Illustr., pi. 188s. 



Among grass in woods. 



Allied to M. vitrea, differing in the decurrent tooth to the 

 gills. 



Inodorous. Stem 2-3 in. long, 1 line thick. Pileus up to 

 1 in. broad, slightly pellucidly striate and umbonate from 

 the protruding apex of the stem, grey, colour of tin when 

 dry. Gills hardly crowded. (Fries.) 



Mycena vitrea. Fr. 

 Pileus up to 1 in. across, very brittle, membranaceous, 



