Chapter 15
=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 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.
[=crenulata=, Schum. P. camp. umb. purplish-bay; g. adnexed, paler than p., edge distinctly crenulated but scarcely darker; s. even, glabrous, base narrowed.
=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. sub.u.mb. 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 4-5.
=olivaceomarginata=, Ma.s.s. P. 1-1.5 cm. striate up to disc, honey colour; g. adnexed, pallid, edge brownish olive; s. 3-4 cm. s.h.i.+ning, coloured like p.; sp. 6 4-5.
[=avenacea=, Fr. P. camp. obt. fuscous then livid grey, slightly striate; g. adnate, white, edge fuscous; s. even, glabrous, without juice, base fibrillose.
[=atromarginata=, Fr. P. exp. sulcate, viscid; g. white with a very narrow black edge; s. tall, striate, glabrous.
=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.
[=luteorufescens=, Karst. P. campan. often oblique, striato-virgate, yellowish fuscous, disc rufescent, opaque; g. distant, whitish glaucous; s. yellowish, glabrous; sp. 8-13 7-9.
[=viridimarginata=, Karst. P. campan. exp. umb. sulcate, glabrous, brownish honey-colour, not hygr.; g. white then glaucous; s. rigid, fragile, honey-colour then pale, not rooting; sp. 7-11 6-7.
=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 4.
var. _coccinea_, Sow. Edge of g. not darker.
Differs from _M. rosella_ in larger size, and in not becoming
=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 4.
[=venustula=, Q. P. white, diaphanous, with rosy granules; g. few, white, edge rosy; s. white, hyaline.
=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 2-3.
[=citrinomarginata=, Gill. P. campan. striate to apex, yellow; g.
distant, pale, edge citrin; s. thickened and downy at base, pale.
[=fuscomarginata=, G.o.dey. P. campan. even, pale tan then pallid; g.
pale, edge brownish or reddish-purple; s. bay, summit pale.
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 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.
[=fimicola=, Karst. P. convex then plane, umb. or papillate, umb.
striate, glabrous, reddish ochre then tan; g. whitish then tan; s.
equal, wavy, tough, glabrous, rusty then bay; sp. 6-9 3-4.
var. _multicolor_, Bres. P. clear greyish blue, umbo tawny, edge striate; g. grey; s. rosy-purple, base yellowish, tomentose; sp. 7-9 4-5.
=pseudopura=, Cke. P. 2 cm. exp. obtusely umb. vaguely striate, rosy then pale; g. adnate, whitish; s. 4-6 cm. rigid, pallid rosy, brownish when dry, naked; sp. 12 5.
_M. pura_ differs in larger size of entire fungus, and smaller spores.
_M. zephira_ differs in squamulose stem.
=zephira=, Fr. P. 2-3 cm. diaphanous, obtuse, striate to middle, reddish or pinkish; g. adnate white; s. 4-6 cm. tinged pinkish rufescent, squamulose, base cottony; sp. ----.
Differs from _M. pura_ in absence of smell.
[=caesiolivida=, Bres. P. campan. exp. or revolute, subirreg. glabrous, hygr. livid blue or grey then rosy livid; g. white then rosy, at length livid flesh colour; s. short, greyish or bluish livid, base strigosely rooting; 8-10 5.5-6.
[=Renati=, Q. P. rosy lilac, disc brownish; g. white then tinged rosy; s. pellucid, amber yellow.
[=Seynii=, Q. P. vinous, s.h.i.+ning; g. rosy lilac; s. fistulose, hyaline, purplish, base hairy, white.
[=punicella=, Fr. P. conical, obtuse, subviscid, scarlet, edge striate, yellow; g. free, pallid; s. diaphanous, rooting, base dusky green, apex yellowish.
=flavipes=, Q. Tufted, smells like radishes. P. 1-2 cm. camp. obtuse, rosy pink or lilac; g. adnexed, whitish; s. 4-5 cm. polished, yellow, rooting; sp. 10 4-5.
[=rubella=, Q. P. campan. striate, orange red; g. white then tinged rosy; s. hyaline, apex rosy.
=adonis=, Bull. P. 3-5 cm. conical then campan. rosy; g. uncinately adnexed, narrow, white tinged pink; s. equal, white; sp. ----.
[=chlorantha=, Fr. P. camp. obtuse, green; g. sinuato-adnexed, white; s.
short, glabrous, greenish.
=lineata=, Bull. P. 1-2 cm. obt. glabrous, everywhere finely striate, tinged yellow or whitish; g. adnate, white; s. 4-5 cm. even, base downy; sp. ----.
=farrea=, Lasch. P. 2-2.5 cm. very thin, expanded, furfuraceous with s.h.i.+ning particles, pale, sulcate; g. adnate, snow-white; s. 6-7 cm.
silky, striate; sp. ----.
Among moss and gra.s.s. The only known _Mycena_ with a furfuraceous pileus.