CLASSIFICATION 129 



The only species with which it can be mistaken is M. Berkelcyi, 

 in which the gills are all one colour. 

 Among dead leaves in damp woods. 



M. carneosanguinea. — Cap convex, subumbonate, smooth, livid 

 gre}' tinged rufous at the umbo, about i in. across ; flesh white, 

 changing to blood-red ; gills rather broad, dull purplish brown, 

 edge purple and denticulate, broad in front and adnate ; stem 

 grey, yellowish, and thickened at the base, hollow, i|-2 in. long, 

 flesh at the apex tinged blood-colour, i\-2 in. long (spores 4-5 X 

 2-3 /i). Probably only a form of M. pelianthina. 



On the ground. 



M. aurantio-marginata . — Cap campanulate, brownish olive, pale 

 when old, i-i| in. across ; gills with a very slight greenish tinge, 

 edge orange ; stem i-i| in. long, base swollen and covered with 

 yellow down. 



Among leaves in pine woods. 



M. elegans. — Cap campanulate, striate, brown or reddish yellow, 

 J-f in. across ; gills tinged grey, edge saffron- colour ; stem about 

 2 in. long, base whitish. 



Closely allied to M. aurantio-marginata, differing in the absence of 

 yellow clown at base of stem. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



M. olivaceo-marginata. — Cap about I ""i- high> campanulate, 

 honey-colour like the slender stem ; edge of gills brownish olive 

 when moist. 



Readily distinguished by the whole plant being dull honey- 

 colour, and edge of gills darker. 



On lawns and among short grass, common. 



Glutinipedes 



M. rorida. — Cap convex, deeply grooved, slightly umbihcate, 

 pale ochraceous, about | in. across ; gills slightly decurrent ; stem 

 i-ij in. long, slender, very glutinous. 



Distinguished by decurrent gills and glutinous stem. 



On dead bramble stems, etc. 



M. citrinella. — Cap campanulate, then expanded, lemon-yellow ; 

 stem lemon-yellow, viscid in moist weather. 

 Pine woods among moss, etc. 



M. vulgaris. — Cap about \ in. across, con\'ex, then depressed, 

 with a central papilla, viscid, pale brown ; gills while ; stem about 

 I in. long, pale, viscid. 



Distinguished by the viscid pileus and stem, cap depressed and 

 with a central papilla. 



On pine needles, fallen twigs, etc. 



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