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ronnded seceding, a t length free, broad, soft, whitish, grey a t the
base.—FoZz. t. 154. Cooke Illu s. t. 285, a.
On trunks of trees. Strong scented.
base-Pery fragile, 1-2 lie. thick, cinereous,
cinereous-the maigin, sulcate to the middle, dry. brown, whitish at
2 7 2 . Agaricus (Mycena) plicosus. Fr. Hym. Eur. U 2.
F lic o 'su s= h i\\ of folds, plicate ; from p lic a r e= to fold.
Fragile pileus membranaceous, campanulate then expanded,
picato-sulcate, opaque when dry, rather fleshy, nmbo broadly
obtuse ; stem polished, even, smooth ; gills adnate, distant, thick,
coune^cted by veins, g r e y is h .- /V . Icon. t. 81, / . 4. Cooke Illus. t.
On moist ground.
which and neighbouring plates, were destroyed in the fire
corrected be compared or
2 7 3 . A g a iicu s (Mycena) pau pe rculu s. Berk. Outl.p. 125.
p o o r; diminutive of ¡muper.
Strong scented ; pileus obtusely conical or hemispherical, mi-
nntely mnate-fibrillose, submembranaceous; stem smooth, rooting,
villous at the base ; gills a t first free, then adnexed, w h i t e . - F r
Hym. Eur. U l . Cooke Illu s . t. 236, a.
Inside decayed stumps.
in ^ Pale, ochraoeous-white,
a p p S r a n T b ^ r n o i a lw ^ a? ^
2 7 4 . Agaricus (Mycena) atro-cyaneus. Batsch.Elen.fig.&J.
A tro -c ya n 'eu s= h la c \u sh blue.
F ra g ile inodorous ; pileus membranaceous, campanulate, th en
convex, sulcate, covered with an evanescent white powder : umbo
'iU ’ filiform, dark-blue, base villose,
w lW ti? ^ a tten u ated , adnexed, lanceolate, d is tan t
R b it i s h .- F r . Hym. Eur. 141. Cooke Illus. t. 236, b.
On the ground. Nov.
Pileus 3-5 lines broad, brownish, then grey, becoming bluish.
a f^ S ^ icu s (Mycena) p u lla tu s. Berk&Cooke,in Grevillea, x i, «. 69
^ZZa tus — clothed in black ; from dark-coloured.
Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, obtusely umbonate darkto
the i^iddie stem f iT tl
flo c c o t «'’t tb downwards, of the same colour, whitish
adMxed whhe d ' ™°ting, gills scarcely crowded,
adnexed, white , odour slightly nitrous.— Coo7« Illu s. t. 231.
On the ground amongst dead leaves. Oct Nov
2 7 6 . A g a iicu s (Mycena) lep to c ep h a lu s. Bers.lc.et B e s o .t.\2 ,f. 4.
Lepto-ceph'alus, from Xe'7rTos= thin, delicate, and the
head, pileus.
Fragile, with a nitrous odour. Pileus rather membranaceous,
campanulate then expanded, repand, umbonate, sulcate, pruinose,
opaque ; stem equal, striate, opaque, dry ; gills emarginate, whitish
grey.—F r. Hym. Eur. 141. Cooke Illu s. t. 187, a.
On tru n k s, and the ground.
2 7 7 . Ag a z icu s (M y cena ) a lc a lin u s . Fr. Hym. Eur. 141.
Alcali'nus — alkaline, salt. An alkali is any extractive salt,
and so the name may refer to the “ nitrous odour.”
Eigid, but brittle, strong scented; pileus rather membranaceous,
campanulate, obtuse, naked, deeply striate, m oist, shining when dry ;
stem smooth, slightly sticky, shining, villous a t the base ; gills
adnate, rather distant, white, then glauoescent.— Cooke Illus. t.
187, b, 225.
On trunks of trees.
278. Ag azicu s (Mycena) ammoniacus. Fr. Hym, Eur. 142.
Ammoni'acus = ammoniacal. The indefiniteness of this and the
preceding specific name, appears in the fact th a t Pries describes
their odour as identical.
Strong scented ; pileus membranaceous, conical, then expanded,
umbonate, naked, discoid, opaque ; paler at the margin and striate;
stem rather firm, even, smooth, dry, rooting ; gills adnate, linear,
distinct, whitish.— Cooke Illus. 238, a.
On the ground. Oct.
P ileu s n o rm a lly brown o rb la o k isb , sometimes cinereous ; s tem n o t yellow»
ish, 2in. long, ^ lin e th ick .
2 7 9 . Ag azicu s (Mycena) m e ta tu s. Fr.Hym. Eur. 142.
Metatus— measured o u t ; probably, however, “ conical,” shaped
like the meta, or conical column set up at the end of the Eoman Circus.
Soft, strong-smelling; pileus submembranaceous, obtuse, striate,
hygrophanous, even when dry, opaque, whitish; stem firm, even,
smooth, fibrillose a t the base ; gills adnate, thin, distinct, linear,
whitish.— Cooke Illus. t. 238, b.
Amongst moss. Oct.
2 8 0 . Ag azicu s (Mycena) p e lta tu s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 142.
Felta'tus = bearing a shield, pelta.
Pileus rather firm, convex, then plane, obtuse, densely striate to
the middle, disc somewhat fleshy orbicular, even, plane ; stem even,
smooth, villous below ; gills with a decurrent tooth, crowded, ventricose,
grey, with the edge paler.
Amongst moss.
In o dorous. Pileu s f in, broad, d a rk brown when moist, when d ry becoming
somew ha t d epressed a t th e c en tre an d pa le r.
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