146 AGARICINI. 



Marasmius. C. CALOPODES. 



* Stem very smooth and shining upwards, with a simple base. 



14. M. scorodonius Fr.— Pileus 12 mm. {% 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 2.5 cent. (1 in.) long, scarcely 2 mm. (1 lin.) 

 thick, horny, tough, fistulose, equal, very smooth throughout, 

 shining, rufous, inserted and naked at the base. Gills adnate, 

 often separating, connected by veins, at length crisped in drying, 

 whitish. 



Commonly gregarious. Readily distinguished from neighbouring species by 

 its strong odour of garlic. 



Heaths and dry pastures on twigs, &c. Rare. 



Edible ; esteemed for flavouring. Name — oxopSiov, a plant that smells like 

 garlic. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 223. Hym. Eur. p. 472. Sv. dtl. Sv. t. 32. 

 Berk. Out. p. 220. C. Hbk. n. 644. Ag. Schcrff. t. 99. Paul. t. 122 bis 

 f. 2, 3. Lenzf. 17. Sv. Dot. t. 173? 



15. M. calopus Fr. — Pileus about 8 mm. (4 lin.) broad, whitish, 

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

 pressed, even, smooth, slightly wrinkled when dried. Stem 2.5 

 cent. (1 in.) long, 2 mm. (1 liru) thick, fistulose, slightly attenuated 

 upwards, even, smooth, tough, Rufous or bay-brown-rufous, shin- 

 ing, somewhat rooted. Gills slightly emarginate, in groups of 

 2-4, thin, white. 



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

 otherwise very like it. 



On twigs, &c. Bristol. 



In ' Hym. Eur.' the stem is described as not rooted. Name — koAo?, beauti- 

 ful ; 77-ov?, a foot. With beautiful stem. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 223. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 472. B. & Br. u. 1790. Quel. t. 13./. 5. Ag. Pers. — Bull. t. 550./. 1. 



16. M. Vaillantii Fr. — Pileus 12 mm. { l / 2 in.) and more broad, 

 whitish, somewhat membranaceous, pliant, soon flattened and 

 depressed in the middle, plicato-rugose. Stem 2.5 cent. (1 in.) 

 long, stuffed, thickened and paler upwards, here and there obso- 

 letely pruinate ; otherwise smooth, date-brown, bright shining, 

 inserted at the base, where it is naked and blackish. Gills adnate, 

 somewhat decurre?it on account of their triangular form, broad, 

 distant, distinct, simple, white. 



Very remarkable. Inodorous, tough, arid. The pileus is plicate as in the 

 Rotulcs. 



