MYCENA. 109 



Agaricus (Mycena) parabolicus. Fries, Epicr., p. 107; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 81 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 224a. 



On rotten trunks, especially pine. 



Gregarious or caespitose. Allied to M. galericulata, but 

 ■differs in the absence of a decurrent tootb to the gills, and 

 also absence of piuk tinge of gills when drying. 



Myeena tintinabulum. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh quite thin, very tough, 

 campanulately convex, almost plane when adult, scarcely 

 umbonate, altogether even and not rugulose, rather viscid 

 ■when moist, variable in colour, usually bay, yellowish brown 

 or pallid, becoming pale ; gills adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, horizontal, very thin, crowded, narrow, paUid, then 

 tinged pink; stem about 1 in. long, about 1 line thick, 

 •always even, glabrous, pallid, very tough, base with short 

 white down ; spores 7-8 X 5 /i. 



Agaricus (Myeena) tintinabulum. Fries, Epior., p. 107 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 81 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 224b. 



On fallen trunks, &o. 



Allied to M. galericulata, but known by the shorter stem 

 and the perfectly even pileus. Usually gregarious, rarely 

 caespitose. Tough, not rugulose, colour very variable, 

 bluish, yellowish-brown, whitish, usually bay. Gills pallid 

 having a pink tinge when dry. 



VIII. ADONIDEAE. 



Myeena lactea. Pers. 

 "White. Pileus about J in. across, very thin ; campanulate 

 ■and slightly umbonate, sometimes becoming expanded, 

 striate when moist, even when dry ; gills adnate, ascending, 

 narrow, crowded ; stem 1 J-3 in. long, very slender, equal, 

 rather tough, not quite straight, glabrous; spores 7-8 x 



3-4: fJi. 



Agaricus lacteug, Persoon, Syn., p. 394; Cke., Hdbk., p. 79; 

 ■Cke., Illustr., pi. 159c. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



The disc of the pileus often with a yellow tinge. Dis- 

 tinguished from M. gypsea and M. tenuis by the scattered 

 habit. 



