Marasmius AGARICACE^E 301 



A. 



a. Scrotem. 



1391. M. urens Fr. (from its burning taste ; uro, to burn) a b c. 



P. convex to expanded, even or slightly squamulose or rimoso- 



rivulose, pale yellowish or brownish ■ mid. darker. St. solid, 



slightly attenuate upwards, white or yellowish, wholly white- 



floccose. G. free to remote, pale yellowish-brown to brownish. 



Gregarious, somewhat crespitose. Poisonous. Taste becoming very pungent. 

 Woods, mixed, grassy places, on leaves, twigs, etc. ; frequent. May-Sept. 

 2\ X 4! X \ in. 



1392. M. peronatus Fr. (from the base of the stem, as if booted 



with strigose down ; fiero, a kind of boot) a b c. 



P. hemispherical to expanded, slightly wrinkled; marg. striate, 



whitish-umber. St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate upwards, light 



yellow or pale brownish, densely woolly-sheathed at base with 



whitish or yellowish strigose down. G. adfixed to free, 



crowded, whitish, yellowish or pale rufescent. 



Taste acrid. Woods, oak, amongst leaves, twigs, etc., bramble, beech-nuts; 

 common. July-Dec. 3? X 4J X T 3 ff in. 



1393. M. porreus Fr. (from its odour of garlic; porrum, the leek) 



a b c. 



P. hemispherical to flat, coriaceo-membranous, dull yellowish or 



pale dull brownish ; mid. darker ; marg. striate. St. stuffed to 



hollow, equal, pubescent, whitish or brownish above, deep 



purple to almost black below. G. adnexo-free, distant, light 



yellowish. 



Odour strong, disagreeable, alliaceous. W'oods, chiefly amongst oak-leaves, 

 fir ; frequent. bept.-Dec. 2\ X 3§ X \ in. Dried examples more than 

 one hundred years old retain the garlic odour. 



1394. M. oreades Fr. (from its growing in fairy rings ; Gr. orcias, a 



mountain nymph) a b c. 



P. fleshy, hemispherical to plane, obtuse or umbonate, even, 



smooth, whitish, pale yellowish or brownish; mid. darker. 



St. solid to stuffed, equal, whitish. G. free, broad, distant, 



whitish or pale yellowish. 



Gregarious. Edible. Taste pleasant ; odour agreeable, stronger when dry. 

 Pastures, lawns, roadsides ; common. Alay-Oct. 2\ x 2§ X J in. A 

 colourless ketchup can be made from this. Often pickled or dried for 

 winter use. 



1395. M. planeus Fr. (from the — at length flat — pileus; plancus, 



flat) a c. 



P. convex to plane and depressed, even ; mid. dark rosy-sienna ; 



marg. rufescent or lightish, becoming pale. St. hollow, 



attenuate downwards, white above, yellowish to brownish 



below. G. free, distant, yellowish or brownish. 



Taste mild, sweet. Woods, shady places, on the ground. Autumn, 

 if X ig X j\ in. 



