142 AGARICINI. 



Marasmius. distant, rather thick, tough, broadly linear, at length coriaceous, 

 light yellowish then becoming pale. 



Odour of garlic, but fugacious when the plant is dried. 



In woods, especially among oak-leaves. Frequent. Sept.- 

 Nov. 



Spores pip-shaped, 4x6 mk. W.G.S. Nameporrum, the leek. From its 

 smell of garlic. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 217. Hym. Eur. p. 466. Berk. Out. p. 

 219. C. Hbk. n. 656. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 627. Ag. Pers. Sow. t. 81. 



** Stem naked at the base, &c. 



4. M. oreades Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( I-2 i n O broad, rufescent 

 then becoming pale, hygrophanous, 'whitish when dry, fleshy, pliant, 

 convex then plane, somewhat umbonate, even, smooth, slightly 

 striate at the margin when moist. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 

 3 mm. (\y 2 lin.) thick, solid, very tough, equal, tense and straight, 

 everywhere clothed with a villous-woven cuticle which can be 

 rubbed off, pallid ; bluntly rooted at the base, naked, not villous 

 or tomentose. Gills free, broad, distant, the alternate ones 

 shorter, at first soft, then firmer, pallid-white. 



Odour weak, but pleasant, stronger when dried, taste mild. Commonly 

 growing in circles or rows. 



In lawns and pastures. Common. May-Oct. 



Edible, delicious when broiled with butter. It may be pickled or dried for 

 future use. Carefully distinguish M. urens (poisonous) from it. Spores 

 ellipsoid-sphseroid, 6-7x5-6 mk. K. Name 'Opeia?, a mountain-nymph. 

 Forming fairy rings. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 218. Hym. Eur. p. 467. Sv. dtl. 

 Sv. t. 31. Berk. Out. p. 219. t. 14. /. 5. C. Hbk. n. 657. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 628. Ag. Bolt. t. 151. Grev. t. 323. Sow. t. 247. Price f. n. Badh. i. 

 /. S.f. 3, ii. t. j.f. 4. Vittad. t. io./. i. Krombh. t. 43. /. 11-16. Fl. Bat. 

 t. 830. Gonn. 6^ Rab. t. S.f. 3. Schceff. t. 77. Bull. t. 144, 528. /. 2. 



5. M. scorteus Fr. Wholly whitish. Pileus 6-10 mm. (3-5 

 lin.) broad, becoming pale when dried, slightly fleshy, convex, 

 scarcely umbonate, even (not striate at the margin), but slightly 

 wrinkled when dried. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, obsoletely 

 fistulose, thin, filiform, equal, not rooted, smooth, delicately 

 pritinose towards ths apex, contorted and becoming fuscous 

 when dry. Gills quite free, remarkably broad, rounded behind, 

 ventricose, white. 



Inodorous, mild. Habit that of very small M. oreades. 

 In grass among trees. Moncreiffe. Aug. 



Name scortum, hide. Leathery, wrinkled. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 219. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 468. B. & Br. n. 1677. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 629. Batsch t. 109? 



