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length depressed^ sulcatc, dry; stem dripping witli gluten; 

 gills dccurrent, rather distant, white. 



On dead bramble-twigs, etc. Not common. Nottingham- 

 shire. Springing at once from the twig. Various in colour, 

 but generally white, with a slight cinereous tinge. Alter 

 abundant rain the dripping stem is very striking. 



******** Stem clri/, dilated at the base into a Utile disc. 



156. A. (Mycena) stylobates, P.; pileus obtuse, campa- 

 nulate or convex, striate, slightly pilose; stem smooth, di- 

 lated into a radiato-striatc villous disc; gills free, distinct, 

 ventricose. (Plate 6, fig. 5.) 



On fern, twigs, etc. Not common. Generally pure Mhite. 

 Pileus 2 lines across. Very delicate. 



157. A. (Mycena) tenerrimus, B. ; white, very delicate; 

 pileus convex, pruinose ; stem pilose, adhering by a minute, 

 pubescent disc ; gills free, ventricose. (Plate 6, fig. 6.) 



On fir-cones, sticks, etc. Smaller than the last. Pileus 

 frosted with minute granules ; disc not striate. The affinities 

 of A. pilipes, Sow., are so doubtful, that it is omitted. 



158. A. (Mycena) pterigenus, Fr. ; very delicate, rose- 

 coloured ; pileus campanulate, obtuse, striate, smooth, as well 

 as the thread-like stem, which springs from a little strigose 

 bulb ; gills few, broad, adnate, entire. (Plate 6, fig. 7.) 



On dead fern-stems. Rare. A minute, but most elegant 

 Agaric. The edge of the gills is often of a deeper tint than the 

 disc. The normal form is found also on dead leaves. A variety 

 of this occurred at Canterbury on oak-leaves, with a lemon- 

 coloured stem and more crowded gills. See ' English Flora.^ 



********* Stem very slender, dry, groioing on other j)l(t^^ts tcilhout 

 any root ; yilh adnate, with a decurrent tooth. 



159. A. (Mycena) corticola, Schum. ; pileus thin, liemi- 



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