72 AGARICACE^: Mycena 



293. M. elegans Que'l. (clegans, neat) a b c. 



P. campanulate, livid yellowish; mid. fuscous. St. floccose at 

 base, livid-yellowish. G. adnato-decurrent, whitish or yellowish, 

 edge orange. 



Odour weak of fennel or none. Woods, chiefly pine, fir-leaves, stems of 

 Rubus ; frequent. Aug. -Nov. f X 2 X ^ in. 



294. M. rubromarglnata Gill, (from the red margin of the gills) a c. 

 P. hemispherical, subumbonate, white or pale reddish. St. white. 



G. adnato-decurrent, whitish or grey, edge rose or brown- 

 purple. 



Odour none. On branches, leaves and rotten twigs in woods, chiefly pine 

 and larch ; frequent. July-Nov. f x I \ X ^ in. A variety, fusco- 

 purpurea Mass., with a dusky purple pileus, grows on willows. 



295. M. olivaeeomarginata Mass, (from the olive margin of the 



gills) a b. 

 P. conico-hemispherical, subumbonate, honey-colour. St. colour 



as P., base tinged rufous. G. uncinato-adnexed, broad, 



subdistant, pallid with a brownish-olive edge. 

 Woods, lawns. Oct. f x if X ^ in. 



296. M. strobilina Gill, (from its usual habitat, fir-cones, strobilus) a b. 

 P. campanulate, acutely umbonate, scarlet, paler at marg. St. 



scarlet, white-strigose at base. G. adnato-decurrent, paler than 

 P., edge blackish-scarlet. Flesh crimson. 



Cones, leaves and twigs of Scotch fir, sometimes in beech-woods ; rare. Oct. 

 | X 2 x ^ in. 



297. M. rosella Que'l. (roseus, rose-coloured) a b c. 



P. campanulate, subumbonate, deep or pale rose. St. colour as 

 P., seldom strigose at base. G. adnate, pale rose, edge dark 

 purple. 



Laxly gregarious. Amongst leaves, twigs, and decaying cones in fir-woods ; 

 uncommon. June-Dec, f X if X ^ in. 



b. Adonidea. 



298. M. pura Quel. (from its pure colour) a b c. 



P. campanulate, broadly umbonate, brittle, flesh-colour, variable 

 in shade. St. often rooting, flesh-colour, pale ochreous below. 

 G. sinuato-adnate, veined, whitish to pale flesh-colour. 



Taste and odour strong, hot, disagreeable, pungent of radish or cabbage- 

 stalk. Woods, meadows ; common. June Nov. 2 X 4 X \ in. There 

 is a white variety. Varies larger and smaller, sometimes very dark when 

 dry. Sometimes attacked by Mucor macrocarpus. 



299. M. pseudopura Sacc. (from its resemblance to 298; Qi.pseudos, 



false) a. 

 Structure and colour same as 298, of which it is probably one of 



the smaller forms. Colour rosy. G. whitish. 

 Odour none. Woods. Autumn. I X 2f X ff in. 



