148 AGARICINI. 



Marasmius. On decayed twigs, &c. Rare. Aug-Nov. 



*t\a.mefctidi/s, stinking. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 224. Hym. Eur. p. 473. 

 Berk. Out. p. 221. C. Hbk. n. 668. ,S. Mycol. Scot. n. 633. Ag. Sow. t. 21. 



20. M. amadelphus Fr. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, pale 

 yellowish, becoming pale, sometimes whitish, fleshy-membrana- 

 ceous, convex then plane, always obtuse, at length depressed at 

 the darker disc, somewhat pruinose, even, at length striate only at 

 the margin. Stem curt, 12 mm. (*4 in.) long, scarcely reaching 

 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, stuffed, equal, somewhat mealy, pallid, com- 

 monly inserted with an obsolete tubercle. Gills adnate, some- 

 what decurrent, broad, distant, pallid. 



Gregarious, arid, inodorous. In a var. in fir woods the gills are still more 

 distant, swollen in the form of veins, at length separating, rufescent-wood- 

 colour (pallid umber] ; pileus thinner, whitish. 



On dead branches, &c. Rare. Sept. 



Name a/*, afieA^os, brother. From its relation to M. ramcalis next to 

 which Fries placed it, though differing in some respects from the group. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 225. Hym. Eur. p. 474. Berk. Out. p. 221. C. Hbk. 669. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. 11. 634. Ag. Bull. t. 550. /. 3. 



21. M. ramealis Fr. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, white, 

 rufescent at the disc, somewhat fleshy, firm, convex then plane, 

 obtuse or depressed in the centre, sliglitly wrinkled, but without 

 strics. Stem 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) long, scarcely 2 mm. (i lin.) 

 thick, stuffed, but commonly with a white line in the centre indi- 

 cating that it is typically fistulose, often incurved, mealy (or with 

 hairy squamules under a lens), whitish, or rufescent at the base, 

 inserted when young at least with a very small tubercle. Gills 

 adnate, connected behind, slightly distant, narrow, white. 



Gregarious, arid, inodorous. 



On dead twigs. Common. Sept. -Nov. 



Under a lens clothed with minute matted silkiness. M.J.B. Name 

 ramus, a branch. Growing on twigs. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 225. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 474. Berk. Out. p. 221. C. Hbk. n. 670. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 635. Ag. 

 Bull. t. 336. Mich. t. 74. /. 7. 



II. MYCENA. 



A. C H O R D A L E S. 



22. M. alliaceus Fr. --Pileus 2.5-4 cent. (i-i l / z in.) broad, 

 whitish inclining to fuscous, often milk-white when young, some- 

 what membranaceous, campanulate then expanded, somewhat 

 umbonate, even, at length striate and sulcate, smooth, dry. Stem 



