114 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



distinctly connected by veins, pale ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 

 lines thick, rigid, even, almost naked, whitish or tinged 

 with the colour of the pileus, base downy ; spores elliptical, 

 6-8 X 3-3-5/1. 



Agaricus purus, Pers., Syn., p. 339; Cke., Hdbk., p. 77; 

 Cke., lllustr., pi. 157. 



In woods. 



Distinguished by the strong, radishy smell, and by the 

 broad gills being connected by veins. M. pelianthina differs 

 in having the edge of the gills dark. M. pseudopura is dis- 

 tinguished by the absence of smell, as is also M. zephira. 



Gregarious. Pileus |-2 in. broad, subcarnose, obtuse, 

 convex, at length depressed, the margin thin, pellucid ; 

 sometimes marked with two or three concentric grooves, 

 amethyst or rose-coloured soon changing to a pale brown- 

 purple, at length nearly white. Gills broad, adnate, some- 

 times almost decurrent, at first whitish, then amethyst or 

 rose, then subrufescent ; connected by veins, margin uneven. 

 Stem often twisted, more or less fibrillose, at length smooth, 

 tough, hollow, the cavity lined with white silky fibres, 

 splitting easily upwards, the base often strigose. Sometimes 

 the pileus from the first is pure white, also occasionally 

 brownish or yellowish. Always distinguishable by its taste 

 and odour like that of radishes. (Berk.) 



IX. CALODONTES. 



Mycena strobilina. Fr. 



Entire fungus shining deep red, not becoming pale nor 

 discoloured. Pileus up to | in. across, conical then cam- 

 panulate, membranaceous, umbo acute, even, the remainder 

 slightly striate and often paler in colour, glabrous, dry; 

 gills adnate with a slender decurrent tooth, distant, distinct, 

 with alternate shorter ones, a little paler than the pileus, 

 but the edge darker and blackish blood-red; stem about 

 2 in. long, 1 in. thick, equal, juiceless, even, glabrous, base 

 with white down, hollow, rather rig-id; spores elliptical, 

 8-10 x 4 /*. 



Agaricus (Mycena) strolilinus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 132; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 77 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 13U. 



On fir cones, among fallen leaves, &c. 



