Agaricaceae 



Marasmius. Among leaves, twigs, etc. Stevenson. 



Spores elliptical, 7-8x4^ Massee. 



Kingsessing, West Philadelphia. Gregarious and cespitose, among 

 leaves, etc., in oak woods. September to October, 1885. 



This very pretty fungus very much resembles at first sight the small 

 purplish Clitocybes, but is readily distinguished on examination. I ate 

 the caps and enjoyed them during the seasons of 1885 and 1887, but 

 have not seen the plant since. 



The caps are equal to M. oreades. 



C. CALOPODES. 

 * Stem smooth, etc. 



M. SCOrodo'nius Fr. Gr. a plant that smells like garlic. Pileus 

 A in. and more broad, rufous when young, but soon becoming pale, 

 whitish (not hygrophanous), slightly fleshy, pliant, convex then soon 

 plane, obtuse, always arid; even when young, at length wrinkled and 

 crisped. Stem I in. long, scarcely I line thick, horny, tough, tubed, 

 equal, very smooth throughout, shining, reddish, inserted and naked at 

 the base. Gills adnate, often separating, connected by veins, at length 

 crisped in drying, whitish. 



Commonly gregarious. Readily distinguished from neighboring spe- 

 cies by its strong odor of garlic. Fries. 



Heaths and dry pastures on twigs, etc. Rare. 



Edible. Esteemed for flavoring. Stevenson. 



Spores elliptical, 6x4^ Massee. 



North Carolina, Schweinit'z, Curtis; New England, Frost; New Jer- 

 sey, Ellis; New York, August, Peck, 23d Rep. 



M. ca'lopus Fr. Gr. beautiful; afoot. Pileus about 4 lines broad, 

 -whitish, slightly fleshy, tough, convex then flattened, obtuse, rarely 

 depressed, even, smooth, slightly wrinkled when dried. Stem I in. 

 long, i line thick, tubed, slightly attenuated upward, even, smooth, 

 tough, dull-red or bay-brown-red, shining, somewhat rooted. Grills 

 slightly emarginate, in groups of 2-4, thin, white. 



Inodorous. Almost smaller than M. scorodonius, but the stem is 

 longer, otherwise very like it. Fries. 



Spores elliptical, 7x4^ Massee. 



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