MARASMIUS. I43 



B. TERGINI. Marasmius. 



* Stem woolly downwards, smooth upwards. 



6. M. varicosus Fr.— Pileus 12 mm. (J4 in.) or a little more 

 broad, fuscous -purple, becoining darker when dry, somewhat 

 membranaceous, pliant, campanulate then convex, plane, urn- 

 bonate, even. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, thin, fistulose, 

 rubiginous, among mosses villoso-tomentose beyond the middle, 

 the down rubiginous, blackish when dry, smooth above, filled 

 with dark blood-coloured juice, which drops when it is broken. 

 Gills separating-free, very crowded, linear, very narrow, of the 

 same colour as the pileus, but becoming dark, umber-fuscous 

 when dry. 



Solitary, inodorous. In places which are not mossy the stem is only 2.5 

 cent. (1 in.) long, wholly smooth, becoming black. It is very singular in the 

 juicy stem, and quite exceptional in the gills being darker when dry. It 

 cannot be compared with A. hce?natopus. 



In damp mossy places. Apethorpe. Sept. 



Name — varix, dilated vein. Full of veins, which yield a bloody juice. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 220. Hym. Eur. p. 469. Icon. t. 174. f. 1. B. fir 5 Br. n. 

 1788. 



7. M. fusco-purpureus Fr.— Pileus 1-2.5 cent - (/^ _I in.) broad, 

 dark purple when in vigour, becoming pale (tan) when dry, 

 slightly fleshy, at first hemispherical, then plane, obsoletely 

 umbilicate, slightly wrinkled. Stem 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) long, 

 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, fistulose, smooth, at first pallid, then 

 rufous or dark purple, sheathed towards the base with strigose, 

 rubiginous down. Gills adnexed in the form of a ring, then free, 

 distant, narrow, rufescent. 



Inodorous, juiceless. There are two forms, one larger, solitary, with the 

 stem (longer) decumbent, another smaller, caespitose, with the stem (shorter) 

 tense and straight. 



In woods, on sticks, &c. Frequent. Aug. 



Name— fuscus, fuscous ; purpureus, purple. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 220. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 469. Berk. Out. p. 219. C. Hbk. n. 658. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 630. 

 Ag. Pers. Ic. descr. t. 4./. 1-3. 



8. M. terginus Fr.— Pileus about 2.5 cent. (1 in.) broad, flesh- 

 colour when moist, whitish when dry, shining, tough, slightly 

 fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, at length somewhat depressed, 

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

 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, fistulose, slightly attenuated upwards, 

 longitudinally fissile, smooth, shining, and pallid upwards, and 



