311. Ag aricu s (Mycena") sacchazifexus.
NO. 1216.
P. 4 Pr. Ann, Nat Hist.
in allusion /S'acc7iarz/'«)-as=sngar-bearing ; to the crystalline
particles on the gills.
Wbitisli. Pilens hemispherical, stem short, fiiliform ; gills
few, rath er thick, sprinkled with shining granules.—F r . Hym. Eur.
Coolce Illu s. t. 192, a.
On bramble and nettle stalks. March.
Pilens 2 lines broad ; stem 2 lines high, fixed at the base by a few flocci;
gills 8-9, very distant, arcnato-decurrent.
var. e le c t ic u s . Puchnall Trans. Brist. Soc.
Elect'icus, from electus choice.
White. Pileus hemispherical, a t length sulcate, clothed as well
as the stem and gills, with sparkling granular pubescence; stem
filiform, slightly dilated and hairy at the base, gills adnate (4 -9 ),
broad, white.— Cooke Illu s. t. 249, c.
On dead furze, &c.
3 1 2 . A g a z icu s (Mycena) discopus. Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1 841, n . 239,
t. 14, / . 4.
Disc'opus — with a disc at the foot of the stem.
Very delicate, white, pileus conical, obtuse, and like the stem,
very thin, covered with whitish meal ; gills adnate, few, widely
distant, plicate.—F r. Hym. Eur., Cooke Illu s. t. 192, b.
On a stick under a hedge bank. Sept.
3 1 3 . Agazicus (Mycena) p te z ig en u s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 152.
Pterig'enus— hoTXi or growing on bracken, Pteris aquilina, L.
Very delicate, rose-coloured ; pileus campanulate, obtuse, nearly
even ; stem flexuose, thread-like, smooth ; base swollen into a
little bulb, which is radiato-strigose ; gills adnate, hroad, distant,
entire.—Fr. Icon. t. 85, / . 4. Berk. Outl. t. 6. f . 7. Cooke
Illu s. t. 192, c.
On dead fern stems.
b. I nsititia:. Small, abrupt at the base, g ills adnate.
3 1 4 . Ag a z icu s (Mycena) co x ticola. Sclmm. Saell. No. 4.589.
Cortic o la= a dweller on bark, cortex.
Pileus thin, hemispherical, a t length obsoletely umbilicate,
sulcato-striate ; stem slender, short, incurved, furfuraceous; gills
broadly adnate, uncinate, broad, rather ovate, pallid.—F r . Icon. t.
85, f . 2. Fr. Hym. Eur. 153. Sow. t. 243. Cooke Illu s. t. 164, a.
Amongst moss on hark.
a g a r i o i n i . 91
315. Ag a z icu s (Mycena) h iem a lis. Osheckin Petz Supp. 19.
HiemaVis=oi or belonging to winter.
Pileus thin, campanulate, obsoletely umbonate, margin striate ;
stem slender, ascending, downy below ; gills adnate, narrow, linear,
whitish.—F r . Icon. t. 8 5 ,/. 1. Fr. Hym. Eur. 153. Cooke Illu s.
i. 164, b.
On trunks of trees. Nov.
3 1 6 . Ag azicus (Mycena) se to sn s. Sow., t. 302.
/S'«io'«MS=full of hairs, setae.
Pileus very delicate, hemispherical, obtuse, smooth ; stem
thread-like, covered with spreading hairs ; gills distant, white.—
F r. Hym. Eur. 153. Cooke Illus. t. 193, a.
On dead leaves in woods.
317. A g a z icu s (Mycena) ca p illa z is . Schum. Saell. No. 16761.
CapUlar'is=hairj-\ike, capillary.
Very delicate, white ; pileus campanulate, at length umbilicate,
smooth ; stem thread-like, smooth ; gills adnate, ascending, rather
distant.—F r . Icon. t. 84, / . 6. F r . Hym. F u r. 153. Cooke
Illus. t. 193, b.
On dead leaves in woods.
Pileus J-1 line broad, a t first conic, like the head of a very small pin, grey,
the stem dark above, and minutely pulverulent. Spores very minute, oval,
•000018 in. long.
318. Ag a z icu s (Mycena) ju n c ic o la . Fr. Hym. Eur., 154.
Juncic'ola=gromng on rushes, junci.
Very delicate ; pileus convex, striate, smooth, rufescent; stem
thread-like, smooth, brownish ; gills adnate, distant, white.—F r .
Icon. t. 85, f. 6 Cooke Illu s, t. 193, c.
On dead rushes, in bogs. June. July.
Pilens 1 line broad, of a deep blood red, inolining to tawny ; stem 1 in.
High, brown, paler above, smooth; gills forming a collar ronnd the stem.
Sub.Gbn. 8. OMPHALIA. Fr. Fpier. p. 119.
Omphalia, from o /t0 aX o ?= th e n av e l; also, the boss in the centre
of a shield. From the usual shape of the pileus.
Pilens generally from the first umbilicate, afterwards funnel-
shaped, almost always membranaceons or sub-membranaceous and
hygrophanous, margin incurved or s tra ig h t; stem cartilaginous and
tubular, when young often stuffed, confluent with the hymenophore,
but heterogeneous from i t ; gills truly and considerably decurrent.
H a b . Generally epiphytal, and mostly peculiar to hilly regions,
preferring a damp, woody situation, and a rainy climate.