MYCENA. 9S 



Stem very slender, 3-6 in. long. Pileus 3— t lines broad, 

 somewhat shining, livid-fuscons, whitish-grey, &c., the 

 slightly fleshy papilla often absent, almost even when dry. 

 Gills ascending, distinct, decurrent tooth obsolete ; margin 

 whitish. (Fries.) 



Mycena debilis. Fr. 



Pileus about ^ in. across, membranaceous ; campanulate- 

 then convex, obtuse, striate, almost even when dr3-, rugulose,. 

 becoming brownish, opaqiie; gills broadly adnate, narrow^ 

 distinct, whitish; stem 1-2 in. long, very slender, equal, 

 flaccid and not quite straight, whitish, base not rooting,, 

 fibrillose. 



Agaricus (Mycena) debilis. Fries, Epicr., p. 112; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 85 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 189a. 



On the ground among moss, &c. 



M. collariata somewhat resembles the present species, but 

 differs in having the gills attached to a collar round the- 

 stem. 



Becoming dry within an hour in fine weather, but per- 

 sisting for a long time in damp places among leaves. About 

 the size of M. sanguinolenta. Colour whitish, flesh-colour,, 

 livid, &c., becoming brownish. Umbo obtuse when present. 

 (Fries.) 



Mycena amicta. Fr. 



Prleus 3-5 lines across, membranaceous, conically cam- 

 panulate, striate up to the middle, dry, glabrous, sometimes 

 pruinose, greenish, grey, livid, &c. ; gills free, crowded,, 

 linear, grey, margin paler ; stem 3-4 in. long, very slender,, 

 equal, tough, covered with pulverulent' down, root tapering, 

 twisted, glabrous. 



Agaricus (Mycena) amictus. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 141 ;. 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 85; Cke., Illustr., pi. 283. 



On the ground among moss. 



Eeadily distinguished among allied forms by the long„ 

 slender, tough, pulverulent stem, and the grey gills. 



Mycena mirabilis. Cke. (fe Quel. 

 Pileus about ^ in. high and across, flesh very thin, campanu- 

 late, finely striate, umbonate, pale bluish-grey, umbo darker 

 at first, then tan-colour; gills slightly adnexed, distant^ 



