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28. M. Curreyi B. & Br. Pileus pallid rufous, furrows paler, Marasmius. 

 umbo fuscous, somewhat plane, sulcate, somewhat radiate. 



Stem inserted, very smooth, shining, black, white at the apex. 

 Gills attached to a collar, few, somewhat ventricose, cream- 

 coloured, interstices veined, elsewhere very even. 



On leaves of grasses. Fineshade, Norths. Aug. 

 Name after F. Currey. Z>. & Br. n. 1794. 



** Stem velvety or pilose. 



29. M. perforans Fr. Pileus 8 mm. (4 lin.) broad, whitish, 

 becoming pale - rufescent, somewhat membranaceous, rather 

 plane, rarely depressed, not umbilicate, without strice, at length 

 slightly 'wrinkled. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) or little more long, 

 fistulose, not very horny, but tough, equal, even, everywhere 

 velvety, bay-brown then black, inserted at the base. Gills adnate, 

 numerous, simple, unequal (the alternate ones shorter), not very 

 distant. 



Odour foetid, not of garlic. In appearance like the Calopodes. 

 On fir-leaves. Rare. Aug. 



Name perforo, to pierce. Perforating with its stem the leaves on which 



it grows. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 230. Hym. Eur. p. 478. Berk. Out. p. 223. 



C. Hbk. n. 676. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 641. Ag. Hoffm. Nomencl. t. 4. f. 2. 

 Schcrff. t. 239. Batschf. 10. 



30. M. insititius Fr. Pileus 12 mm. (}4 in.) broad, white, 

 membranaceous, pliant, convexo- plane, somewhat umbilicate, 

 unpolished, even when young, then plicato - sulcate. Stem 

 scarcely 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, horny, fistulose, attenuated down- 

 wards into a simple (not tubercular) inserted base, floccoso- 

 furfuraceous, rufous inclining to fuscous. Gills broadly adnate 

 to the stem and attenuated to the margin, distant, simple, unequal, 

 pale to white. 



Inodorous. Gregarious, arid. A very remarkable species. The habit is 

 that of M. Vaillantii. 



On leaves, decayed grass, c. Rare. Aug. 



Variable. Sometimes the stem is paler and the pileus less plicate. Some- 

 times the disc is reticulated. M.J.B. Name insero, to insert or graft. 

 From the way in which the stem is engrafted on the host plant. Fr. Monogr. 

 ii. p. 230. Hym. Eur. p. 478. Berk. Out. p. 223. t. 14. f. 6 (white-stemmed 

 var. ) B. & Br. n. 1792. C. Hbk. n. 677. ,S. Mycol. Scot. n. 642. 



31. M. Hudsoni Fr. Pileus scarcely 4 mm. (2 lin.) broad, 

 pale fuscous-rufescent, membranaceous, hemispherical, slightly 



