h6 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Myeena clavicularis. Fr. 



Pileus |— I in. across, memlDranaceous ; convex then ex- 

 panded, somewhat umbonate at first, striate, dry, -withont a 

 distinct pellicle, disc at length depressed, wMtish, yellowisli 

 or brownish; gills adnate, narrow, white ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, slender, tough, glabrous, viscid, whitish base fi^brillose, 

 not rooting. 



Agarieus (Myeena) clavicularis, Pries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 158 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 88 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 208b. 



On the ground in woods. 



Allied to M. epipterygia, but distinguished by the perfectly 

 dry pileus. M. vulgaris and M. rorida are distinguished by 

 the viscid pileus. 



Myeena epipterygia. Scop. 

 Pileus J-1 in. across, membranaceous ; campanulate, obtuse, 

 iDecoming more or less expanded, never truly depressed, striate, 

 covered with a pellicle that is very viscid in wet weather, and 

 easily separable in every condition, colour variable, usually 

 grey, often pale yellowish-green near the margin ; margin 

 often minutely notched when young ; gills adnate with a 

 decurrent tooth, thin, whitish or tinged grey; stem 2-4 in. 

 long, about 1 line thick, hollow, tough, often wavy, base 

 rooting and fibrillose, even, viscid, usually yellowish, but 

 sometimes grey, pallid, or whitish ; spores elliptical, 8-10 x 



Agarieus epipterygius. Scop., Carn., p. 453 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 88 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 208a. 



On branches, twigs, among moss, &c. 



Solitary or clustered. Colour variable, but readilj' known 

 by the viscid pileus, both being fui niched with a separable 

 pellicle. Often resembling M. alcalina in the greenish-yellow 

 colour of the pileus, but distinguished by the absence of smell. 



Pileus an inch or more broad and high, obtuse, sometimes 

 umbilioate, cinerous-yellow, but also occasionally, according 

 to Fries, white, bluish, or rufous, submembranaceous, the 

 margin striate and toothed ; epidermis viscid ; when moist 

 easily tearing off. Gills arcuato-adnate, subdecurrent, par- 

 taking of the colour of the pileus. Stem 3-4 inches high, 

 about 1 line thick, full yellow, viscid, smooth, tomentose at 

 the base. (Berk.) 



