A g a z icu s (M y c en a ) p o ly g zam m us.
Mycena.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conico-campanulate, sub-umbonate,
dry, striate ; stem rigid, tough, sulcato-striate throughout its
length, rooting, strigose at the base, shining ; gills attenuated
behind (free .or uncinate), whitish or flesh-coloured.—Fr. Epicr.
p . lO l . B u ll.t.8 9 b . Sow.t.222. DZ. Dare. i. 1615,/. 1, ¿. 1498.
Batsch. f . 85 (young). Linnæa.Y .t .7,f . l . Eng. F t.Y .p .58.
On trunks of trees. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Pileus 1-lJin. broad, at first cinereous, umber towards the margin, glandi-
form, prninose, then livid brown, conico-campannlate, submembranaceous,
rugose, with innate fibres, margin striate ; giÎls rather distant, at first dirty
white, then pinkish, ventricose, though sometimes almost linear, all but free,
margin subserrulate ; stem 3 in. high, 1 line or more thick, regularly and
deeply striate, the interstices fibriliose, but occasionally the striæ are obsolete,
silvery, rooting, fistulöse, nearly the colour of the pileus, but paler,
twisted, brittle; inodorous, insipid.—M. J .B . Spores '00035 X '00026m.
(PI. II.,fig. 8, reC “ '
1 8 3 . A g a z icu s (M y cena ) pa zah o licu s.
Mycena.”
A . 4 8. “ P ir-tmnk
Pileus submembranaceous, at first oval, then parabolic, obtuse,
discoid, becoming pale, striate half way ; margin entire, turning
white ; stem rigid, even, smooth, colour of the pileus, base strigose,
swollen, abruptly rooting; gills simple, adnate, ascending,
nearly distinct, whitish.—Fr. Epicr.p. 107. Sow. 1. 165.
Cn trunks, especially of fir.
Stem 2-3 in. long, 1 lin. thick, incrassated at the base, below becoming
pale, above dull violet, mealy when young. Pileus obtuse, moist, disc blackish,
verging on violet, otherwise becoming pale and whitish.
Sect. 4. Fragilq -stem fragile.
1 8 4 . A g a z icu s (M y cen a ) a tzo -a lb u s.
Mycena.”
B u ll. “ Bi-ooloured
Rather firm ; pileus somewhat fleshy, obtuse, campanulate,
even, smooth, opaque, brown ; whitish and striate about the margin
; stem straight, shining, two-coloured ; root swollen, bulbous,
hairy ; gills attenuated, almost free, ventricose, white.—Fr.
Epicr. p . 108. Bolt. 1.187. Eng. F I .y . p . 56.
Amongst moss, at the roots of trees.
Solitary, or gregarious, rather firm ; pileus obtuse ; stem 2-3 in. long, sometimes
pruinose at the apex.—Fries.
185. A g a z icu s (M y cena ) d is s ilie n s . Fr. “ Splitting Mycena.”
Very fragile ; pileus submembranaceous, conico-campanulate,
obtuse, lineato-plicate to the middle ; stem attenuated, somewhat
incurved, minutely striate, cinereous, dark ; base strigose ; gills
rounded, seceding, at length free, broad, soft, whitish, grey at
the base.—Fr. Epicr.p. 108. Bolt. t. 154. Mich. t. 7 9 ,/. 5. Paul,
1. 122, f 8 7
On trunks of trees. Strong scented.
Stem 2 in. long, strigose at the base, very fragile, 1-2 lin. thick, cinereous,
compressed, splitting in revolnte flaps. Pileus cinereous-brown, whitish at
the margin, sulcate to the middle, dry.
186. A g a z icu s (M y c en a ) a lc a lin u s . Fr. “ Stump Mycena.”
Rigid, but brittle, strong scented ; pileus rather membranaceous,
campanulate, obtuse, naked, deeply striate, moist, shining
when dry ; stem smooth, slightly sticky, shining, villous at the
base; gills adnate, rather distant, white, then glaucesoent.—Dr.
Fpicr. p. 109. Schoeff.t. 81-82. Eng. F I . y . p . 57. Gard. Ghron.
(1861),77.1114.
On trunks of trees. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Solitary or cæspitose ; pileus J-2in. broad, subcarnose, nmbonate, sub-umbonate,
or quite obtuse, even, with or without imbedded fibrillæ, at first
conico-papillate, rugose, cinereous, or tinged with olive, suh-striate, when
old expanded or depressed, but little changed in colour, though occasionally
with a pink or yellow hue ; gills adnate, with a tooth, distant when old,
sUghtly ventricose, at first pale, then glaucous, pinkish, or yellowish, more
or less conneoted by veins. Stem 3in. high, 1-2 lines thick, fistulöse, suh-
fibrilloso-striate, attenuated upwards, downy at the base, the down sometimes
tawny, sometimes firm and tenacious, sometimes very brittle, grey above,
yellowish or reddish beneath when young, but when old sometimes changing
above to a bright yellow ; odour pungent, like fermented or putrid walnuts.
—M .J .B . Spores-0003 X'0002 m.
187. Agn zicus (M y c en a ) p au p e z cu lu s.
Mycena.”
Berli. “ Little-stump
Strong scented; pileus obtusely conical or hemispherical, minutely
innato-fibrillose, submembranaceous; stem smooth, rooting,
villous at the base; gills at first free, then adnexed, white.
—Berh. Outl.p. 125. Eng. F I .y . p . 57.
Inside decayed stumps.
Minute, ochraceous-white. Pileus 1 line broad, fleshy, rather firm, scarcely
membranaceous, obtusely conic or hemispherical, most minutely but decidedly
innato-fibrillose, pale oobraceous-white, in age almost tawny, probably
stained by the wood on which it grows. When moist the gills shine
through, giving a striate appearance, but not always. Gills white, adnexed
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