Pileus 1-2 in. broad, when dry whitish, tinged with purple ; stem 2-3 in.
h’gh, lines thick. The gills are sprinkled over with short purple
hairs, arranged in fascicles on the edge. Smell strong.
Figured from the original drawing by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley.
2 4 7 . Agaricus (Mycena) b a la n in u s. Berk. Mag. Zool. 4- Bot. 1. 1. 1 5,
Balan'inus, ,ßaA.anvos=made of, or belonging to BaXavog, an
acorn or other nut.
Pileus somewhat fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth when dry,
striate when moist ; stem striate, rooting, villous below, squamulose
above ; gills adnate, then seceding, connected by veins, somewhat
reddish, with a purple edge.—Fi-. Hym. E u r. 130. Cooke
Illu s. t. 156, b.
Amongst leaves, beech-mast, &c.
2 4 8 . Agaricus (Mycena) aurantio-marginatus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 131.
Aurantiio-marginatus=with the margin orange-coloured.
Pileus ra th e r fleshy, campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, even ;
stem even, smooth, ventricose, strigose ; gills attenuated behind
adnexed, greenish pallid, edge fringed with orange flocci.
In pine woods. Nov.
Has a peculiar aspect, looking more like a Alarasmius than a Mycena.
Stem very brittle, fistulöse ; smell strong ; margin striate. Not yet figured.
2 4 9 . A g a r icu s (Mycena) e le g a u s . Pers. Byn.39\.
FZ'«gans=graceful, elegant.
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, striate, almost umbonate
; stem even, equal, rigid, floccoso-fibrillose at the base ; gills
narrow, adnate, livid or whitish, edge yellow, entire.— F r Hvm
Eur. 131. Coohe Illus. t. 284, a.
In woods.
Figured from sketches by Eev. M. J. Berkeley.
2 5 0 . Ag a r icu s (Mycena) rubro-marginatus. Fr. Bym. Eur. 132.
Rubro-marginatus— wiih the margin red.
Pileus somewhat membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, striate,
hygrophanous; stem rigid, even, without juice; gills adnate, distant,
whitish, edged with purple or purple-brown.— F r Icon t 78
f . 4. Cooke Illu s. t. 284, b.
On pine stumps. Nov.
var. fusco-p urpu reus. Lasch. Linn. 1829, No. 5 44.
Fusco-purpur'eus=d\3.&k.j purple.
Purple brown ; stem finely striate, with a rooting villons
gills eroded, edged with brown.
On willow trunks.
251. Ag a r icu s (Mycena) r o se llu s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 132.
Fos«ZZiis=pinkish, somewhat rose-coloured ; diminutive of ro s a =
a rose.
Rose-coloured. Pilens membranaceous, hemispherical, obtusely
umbonate, striate ; stem thin, soft, without juice, whitish fibrillose
at the base ; gills adnate, with the edge darker.— Cooke Illus. t.
131, a.
Amongst fir leaves.
Smaller, thinner, softer, and paler, than A. strohilinus, which it otherwise
somewhat resembles, although perfectly distinct.
Figured from drawing by Dr. Bull.
2 5 2 . Ag a r icu s (Mycena) str o b ilin u s . Fr. Hym. Eur. 132.
Strohi'linus, <7Tpo^tkivos=of a pine-cone, a-rpófilhoi.
Scarlet. Pilens rather fleshy, campanulate, with an acute umbo,
even ; margin striate ; stem rigid, without juice, even, clothed
with white strigose hairs a t the base ; gills adnate, edge of a dark
blood-red colour,—(7007« Illus. t. 131, b.
On fir cones. Eare.
Snbgregarions. Pileus 3-5 lines broad, bright red or red-orange ; stem 1-2
in. high.
var. c o c c in eu s. Bow. 1.197.
Coccin'eus=oi the colour of cochineal, carmine.
Similar in appearance to A . strobilinus, but the gills are not at
all darker a t the edge.— Cooke Illus. t. 131, c.
On fir cones and twigs.
b. A d o n id e ^ . Gills entirely of one colour. Pileus pure
coloured, brig h t, not brownish or greyish. Growing on the
ground.
2 5 3 . A g a z icu s (M ycena) puzus. Pers. Sym. 339.
FMriis=:unstained, pure.
Strong scented. Pilens rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded,
obtusely umbonate, smooth, turning pallid; margin striate ;
stem rigid, even, nearly naked, villous a t the base; gills very
broad, widely sinuate adnexed, connected by veins, paler than th e
pileus. Huss. ii. t. 49. F r . Hym. E u r. 182. Cooke Illus. t.
157.
On the ground in woods.
Figured from specimens collected in North Wales.
2 5 4 . Agazicus (Mycena) pseudopuzus. Cke. in Orevillea.
Pseudo-purus=mimick.mg Ag. punis, from i^£ÌSos=a falsity.
Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then convex, expanded, obtusely
umbonate, smooth, growing pale, margin obscurely striate ;
stem rigid, straight, even, imked, a t first rosy-white, becoming