MVCENA. 117 



to be free, crowded, connected by veins, livid with a 

 .greenish tinge, margin orange, fimbriate ; stern firm, hollow, 

 1-1| in. long, 3-4 lines thick at the base, 1-2 lines at the 

 apex, even, glabrous, livid or pale, base inflated, ventricose, 

 and strigose with yellow down. 



Agaricus (Mycena) aurantio-marginatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 100 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 76. 



Distinguished by the fimbriate, orange margin of the gills, 

 and the swollen base of the stem with yellow down. 



Mycena elegans. Pers. 



Pileus ^ | in, across, membranaceons, campanulate, more 

 or less umbonate, striate, glabrous, brown or livid-yelluw, 

 opaque, not hygrophanous ; gills adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, narrow, rather distant, distinct, colour variable, usually 

 livid, sides greyish, but varying to whitish, yellowish, &c., 

 the edge entire, darker, saffron-colour ; stem about 2 in. long, 

 1 line thick, equal, livid, base fibrillosely downy, hollow, 

 rigid, straight ; spores 8-10 x 4-5 /x. 



Agaricus elegans, Persoon, Syn., p. 391 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 76 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 284A. 



In pine woods, &c., on the ground. 



Gregarious ; smell weak or absent. Distinguished by the 

 .saffron-coloured margin of the gills. 



Mycena balanina. Berk. 



Pileus T !| 1| in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, 

 margin thin, convex then plune, often with an umbo; striato 

 when moist, even when dry, pale yellowish-brown ; gills 

 adnate, then separating from the stem, connected by veins, 

 1| line broad, white with a pinkish tinge, edge purple; 

 stem about 3 in. long, l-l line thick at the apex, usually 

 becoming thinner downwards, striate, downy below, squamu- 

 lose above, brownish, becoming paler at the apex, hollow. 



Agaricus {Mycena} balaninus, Berk., Mag. Zool. & Bot., 

 vol. i., t. 15, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk,, p. 76; Cke., Illustr., pi. 156, 

 f. 2. 



On beech-mast, among beech leaves, &o. 



Distinguished among species having the margin of tho 

 gills darker, by the large size and colour of the pileus. 



