Agaricaceae 



MYCE'NA Fr. 



Gr. a fungus. 



Mycena. PileuS regular, rarely depressed in the center, thin, usually streaked 



(Plate XXXII.) 



MYCENA GALERICULATA. 



with longitudinal lines, at first con- 

 ico-cylindrical, margin at the first 

 straight, closely embracing the stem 

 which is attenuated upward. Stem 

 hollow, slender, cartilaginous. Gills 

 adnate or adnexed, sometimes with a 

 small tooth, never decurrent. Spores 

 white. 



Generally small and slender, grow- 

 ing on branches, twigs, heaps of 

 leaves, sometimes on the ground, 

 some minute species on single dead 

 leaves. Long, rooting stems are not 

 uncommon. Clitocybe and Ompha- 

 lia are separated by their decurrent 

 gills and in Collybia the margin is 

 at first incurved. 



In this genus the species of the various sections are not always dis- 

 tinguished by single sharply defined characteristics, so that it will some- 

 times be necessary to pay attention to all the features. Species with a 

 thread-like stem are found in other sections than Filipedes and some of 

 the Lactipedes are slippery when moist, but not truly viscous. 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



CALODONTES (kalos, beautiful; odontes, teeth). Page 126. 



Stem juiceless, not dilated into a disk at the base. Edges of gills 

 darker, minutely toothed. 



ADONIDE^E (Adonis, referring to beauty). Page 126. 



Stem juiceless, not dilated at the base. Gills of one color, not chang- 

 ing color. Color pure-colored, bright, not becoming brownish or gray. 

 On the ground. 



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