Marasmius AGARICACE^E 305 



1414. M. eandidus Fr. (from its white colour ; ca?ididus, shining white) 



a b c. 



P. campanulate to expanded or depressed, becoming sulcato- 

 rugulose, wholly white or with mid. pale brown. St. stuffed, 

 base rloccose, white with a brownish base or wholly white. G. 

 adnexed, ventricose, distant. 



Gregarious, twigs, rotten stems, pine, cedar, leaves. Sept. -Nov. §X^X^ 2 in. 



B. 



d. Chor dales. 



1415. M. alliaeeus Fr. (from its odour of garlic, allium) a b c. 



P. campanulate to expanded, subumbonate, smooth, dry, striate, 

 white or faintly ochre to fuscous. St. fistulose, minutely 

 velvety, blackish or deep dull purple, paler above. G. 

 adnexed, ventricose, subdistant, whitish or fuscous-whitish. 



Odour strong, persistent. Woods, leaves, rotten wood ; frequent. Aug.- 

 Oct. i§ X 4 X T V in. 



1416. M. eaulieinalis Fr. (from its habitat — growing on stalks and 



stems ; eaulis, a stem) a b c. 

 P. striate, bright or dull yellow or yellowish-sienna. St. fistulose, 



equal, floccoso-villous, sulphur above, dark sienna below. G. 



adnato-decurrent, subdistant, veined, pallid light yellow or 



pale sulphur. 

 Taste very bitter. On fir-cones, leaves, etc. ; rare. Aug. - Nov. 



IXlfx T V in. 



1417. M. torquatus Fr. (from the sometimes twisted stem ; torqueo, 



to twist) a b. 



P. membranous, campanulate, obtuse, plicato-sulcate, whitish • 

 mid. bright sienna. St. hollow, smooth, shining, base dilated- 

 tuberculose, ivory. G. adnate, distant, thick, connected by 

 veins, forming a collar near St., white. Flesh in P. pale sienna, 

 elsewhere white. 



Stems and leaves. Autumn. 3 \ x i| X \ in. 



e. RotulcE. 



1418. M. rotula Fr. (from the resemblance of the pileus — seen from 



below — to a little wheel ; rota, a wheel) a b c. 



P. arid, hemispherical, umbilicato-depressed, whitish or brownish ; 



marg. undulato-crenulate. St. fistulose, horny, often branched, 



sometimes barren, blackish, paler above. G. adnate to a free 



collar, broad, few, distant, white. 



Gregarious or crespitose, with root-like branches. Dead twigs, stumps, old 

 roots, branches, grass-roots, yew, elm, maple, oak ; common. June-Jan. 

 JX2jx - 6 \ in. 



1419. M. graminum B. & Br. (from its usual habitat, leaves and 



stems of grass, gramen) a b c. 

 P. campanulate to expanded, subumbonate, sulcate, pale, rufous- 

 brown or salmon ; mid. darker. St. shining, hair-like, black, 



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