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. § x l\ 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. ^X2X^in. 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. sfilagchna, 



intestines, eidos, appearance) (7 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 ^j 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 i| 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. 

 f X2|X S 1 ? in - 



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



host-plant ; i?isero, 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. 1x2X5^ 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 



