I30 IIRITISII FUNGI 



M. pelliculosa. — Rather larger than M. vulgaris, cap not depressed, 

 brownish, viscid skin separable, stem viscid. 



On moorlands, etc., among heather. 



M. epipterygia. — Cap campanulate, thin, yellowish green, with a 

 very viscid, separable skin in wet weather ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 yellowish, viscid. 



Solitary or tufted, resembling M. alcalina somewhat in colour, but 

 viscid and de\'oid of smell. 



On fallen branches and twigs among moss in damp places. 



Basipedes 



M. pterigena. — Minute, only about i line across, pale rose-colour ; 

 stem 2-4 lines long, very thin, disc radiately striate. 



On dead fern fronds, leaves, etc. 



M. discopoda. — Minute, 1-2 lines across, white, mealy, conical ; 

 stem slender, with a minute downy discoid bulb. 



Distinguished by the conical, mealy cap. 



On dead twigs, etc. 



M. saccharifera. — Cap whitish, about 2 lines across ; gills arcu- 

 ately decurrent, sprinkled with glistening particles ; stem slender, 

 about 2 lines high, with a minute, indistinct disc, often fixed by a 

 few white fibrils. 



On brambles and nettle stems, etc. 



M. tcnerrima. — White, cap convex, powdered with white granules, 

 i-i| lines across ; gills free ; stem slender, minutely hairy, fixed 

 by a minute downy disc. 



Distinguished by the delicately hairy stem. 



On fallen twigs, fir cones, etc. 



M. stylohates. — White, cap 2-3 lines across, minutely hairy ; gills 

 free ; stem smooth, disc orbicular, plane, downy, radiately striate. 



Distinguished by the flat, white, radiately striate disc. 



On twigs, leaves, fern stipes, etc. 



SiCCIPEDES 



* Cap white or tinged ivith yellow. 



M. plicato-crenata. — Cap conical, rather umbonate, coarsely 

 sulcate, yellowish white, about I inch across ; gills distant, white ; 

 stem i\~2 in. long, slender, tinged red or brown, viscid. 



Known by the sulcate cap and the sticky stem. 



Among moss or heath, in larch woods, etc. 



M. clavicularis. — Cap convex, then expanded, umbonate, striate, 

 disc becoming depressed, yellowish or brownish, |-| in. across ; 

 gills narrow, white ; stem about 2 in. long, slender, smooth, viscid, 

 whitish. 



Differs from M. epipterygia in the dry cap. 



