Part 20

R. rubra differs in rigid p. and g. tinged yellow.

=fragilis=, Fr. P. 3-4 cm. thin, fragile, exp. flesh colour or red, soon pale, rather viscid, edge tubercular-striate; g. thin, crowded, ventricose, white; s. 3-5 cm. white, polished; sp. 8-10 x 8.

var. nivea, Cke. Entirely white.

var. violacea, Q. P. violet, with narrow pale edge.

var. fallax, Cke. Disc of p. very dark, rest pale reddish purple.

=Queletii=, Fr. P. 5-8 cm. soon plane, viscid, dark violet, edge slightly striate, lilac; g. white; s. 3-5 cm. purple; sp. 7-8.

var. purpurea, Cke. (= R. purpurea, Gillet). Stem whitish, tinged rosy at middle part; g. pale yellow.

MYCENA, Fr.

I. CALODONTES. Edge of gills denticulate, dark coloured.

=pelianthina=, Bolton. P. 1.5-3 cm. obtuse, hygr. purplish then pale; g. broad, adnexed, purplish with darker fimbriated margin; s. 5-8 cm. equal, pallid; sp. 7 x 4.

=balanina=, B. P. 2-4 cm. exp. umb. pale yellowish brown, striate when moist; g. adnate, separating, pinkish-white, edge purple; s. 6-8 cm. tinged brown, squamulose above, brown and thin below.

=mirabilis=, Cke. and Q. (= Ag. marginellus, Fr., non Pers.). P. 1-1.5 cm. camp. pale bluish grey, umb. darker, then tan, finely striate; g. whitish, edge darker with minute particles; s. greyish, minutely floccose, rooting and tomentose at base; sp. ----.

=aurantiomarginata=, Fr. P. 2-3 cm. subumb. even, brownish olive then pale; g. adnexed, edge flocculent, orange; s. 2-4 cm. base ventricose and strigose; sp. ----.

=elegans=, Pers. P. 1.5-2 cm. umb. striate, brown or livid-yellow; g. adnate, edge saffron; s. 4-5 cm. equal, livid; sp. 8-10 x 4-5.

=olivaceomarginata=, Mass. P. 1-1.5 cm. striate up to disc, honey colour; g. adnexed, pallid, edge brownish olive; s. 3-4 cm. shining, coloured like p.; sp. 6 x 4-5.

=rubromarginata=, Fr. P. 1-2 cm. camp. obtuse, striate, hygr. grey, livid, reddish &c., paler; g. adnate, whitish, edge purple brown; s. 3-4 cm. even, pallid; sp. ----.

var. fuscopurpurea, Lasch. P. purple brown; g. edge eroded, brownish.

=strobilina=, Fr. Every part deep red. P. 1-1.5 cm. acutely umb. not becoming pale; g. adnate edge dark blood red; s. 3-4 cm. rigid; sp. 8-10 x 4.

var. coccinea, Sow. Edge of g. not darker.

Differs from M. rosella in larger size, and in not becoming pale, acute umbo, &c.

=rosella=, Fr. Every part pale rose colour. P. 4-7 mm. obtusely umb. striate, becoming pale; g. adnate, edge darker; s. 2-3 cm. slender; sp. 7-8 x 4.

=carneosanguinea=, Rea. P. 2.5-3 cm. livid grey, umbo rufous, even, flesh becoming blood-red when broken; g. purplish-brown, edge dark purple, denticulate; s. 4 cm. grey, base thickened; sp. 4-5 x 2-3.

II. ADONIDEAE. Stem juiceless, gills all one colour, colour clear, bright, not brownish or greyish.

=pura=, Pers. Smell like radishes. P. 3-6 cm. umb. margin striate, lilac, reddish, &c., then pale; g. sinuato-adnexed, very broad, connected by veins, pale; s. 5-8 cm. even, pale or tinged like pileus; sp. 6-8 x 3-3.5.

M. pelianthina differs in dark edged gills.

M. pseudopura and M. zephira have no smell.

M. ianthina differs in persistently conical pileus.

var. multicolor, Bres. P. clear greyish blue, umbo tawny, edge striate; g. grey; s. rosy-purple, base yellowish, tomentose; sp. 7-9 x 4-5.