306 AGARIC AC E^ Marasmius 



whitish above. G. adnate to a free collar, ventricose, distant, 

 veined, white or pale yellowish. 

 On grass, leaves, twigs, etc. ; uncommon. July-Feb. f X 2| X ^ in. 



1420. M. androsaeeus Fr. (derivation uncertain) a b c. 



P. arid, convex to expanded, subumbilicate, smooth, striate, 

 white pale buff or somewhat fuscous. St. fistulose, horny, 

 black, paler above. G. adnate, without a collar, distant, 

 whitish to salmon. 



Woods, leaves, twigs, briar, beech, oak, acorn-cups, rushes, fern-stems, fir, 

 juniper, larch; common. April-Dec. JX2X 5 :1 jin. Sometimes growing 

 from entangled masses of black horsehair-like mycelium. Sometimes 

 non-pileate stems only produced. 



1421. M. splaehnoides Fr. (from the gut-like stem ; Gr. splagchna, 



intestines, eidos, appearance) a b c. 



P. convex to flat, umbilicate, smooth, striate, white ; mid. pale 

 yellowish. St. fistulose, horny, usually red, becoming fuscous 

 or pale above and sienna below, or dark brown. G. sub- 

 decurrent, crowded, anastomosing. 



Odour none. Amongst pine-leaves. Oct. f X 2 X gj in. 



1422. M. Curreyi B. & Br. (after Frederick Currey) a. 



P. convex to expanded or plane, sulcate, pallid rufous ; mid. 



fuscous or yellowish-sienna. St. black, white above. G. 



attached to a free collar, few, subventricose, veined, pale 



yellowish. 

 On grass. Aug. | x ij X g^ in. 



1423. M. perforans Fr. (from the habit, the stem perforating the 



leaves on which it grows) a c. 



P. hemispherical to convexo-plane, not umbilicate, white or 

 whitish, becoming pale rufescent. St. fistulose, tough, equal, 

 bay-brown to black. G. adnate, subdistant, whitish. 



Odour very fetid, not of garlic. Leaves, fir, larch ; rare. Aug. -Oct. 

 I X 2\ X B \ in. 



1424. M. insititius Fr. (from the habit the stem ingrafted on the 



host-plant ; msero, to insert) a b c. 



P. arid, convexo-plane, subumbilicate, plicato-sulcate, white or 

 purplish-salmon-whitish. St. fistulose, horny, attenuate down- 

 wards, rufous to fuscous or sienna, paler above. G. adnate, 

 distant, white or pale salmon-purplish. 



Gregarious. Odour none. Leaves, oak, decayed grass, etc. ; rare. Aug.- 

 Oct. f x 2 x gW in. 



1424a. M. selerotipes Bres. (from the hard sclerotium at the foot of 



the stem ; pes, a foot) a. 



P. membranous, convex, then plane, umbilicate, ruguloso-striate, 

 subflocculose ; marg. reflexed, white ; mid. yellow. St. filiform, 

 pruinose under a lens, pallid rufescent, apex whitish, base 



