Marasmius AGARICACE^E 307 



adnate to a rufescent yellowish sclerotium. G. distant, adnate, 

 white. 



On the ground, swampy places. ^ x £ X ^ in. Autumn. Sclerotium 

 J in. long. 



1425. M. Hudsonii Fr. (after William Hudson, author of " Flora 



Anglica ") a b c. 



P. hemispherical, usually sulcate, pale fuscous-rufescent, rose- 

 purple to white with sienna mid. beset with erect purple hairs. 

 St. horny, dark purple, paler above. G. adnexed, white. 



Odour none. On fallen holly-leaves ; frequent. Mar.-Dec. ^Xifx^in. 



1426. M. epiehloe Fr. (from its habit, growing on grasses; Gr. epi, 



upon, chloe, grass) a b. 

 P. plano-convex, somewhat papillate, not striate, whitish or pale 



brownish-yellow ; mid. darker. St. striate, bay-brown. G. 



adnexo-rounded, somewhat crowded, pale yellowish, faintly 



brown. 

 Base of dead grasses, spines of Robinia. Aug. -Oct. § x i£ X -^ in. 



1427. M. aetinophorus B. & Br. (from the brownish star on the 



pileus ; Gr. aktis, a ray of light, phero, to bear) a b c. 

 P. convex, umbilicate, bay-brown or pale sienna, clouded with 

 an indefinite brownish star at mid. St. pallid or brown, paler 

 above. G. few, adnato-decurrent, white or pale yellowish. 



Fallen twigs, sometimes terrestrial. Aug. \ x •§ X -$-% in. 



1428. M. saeeharinus Fr. (from the pileus, as if powdered with 



white sugar, saccharo7i) a b c. 

 P. campanulate to convexo-expanded, papillate, sulcate, white. 

 St. flocculose to smooth, reddish, pale above. G. adnate, 

 thick, distant, reticulato-wrinkled, whitish. 



Dead twigs, leaves ; rare. Aug. f X § X ^ in. Pileus sometimes marked 

 as in 1427. 



1429. M. epiphyllus Fr. (from the habit — growing on leaves ; Gr. 



epi, upon, p/iul/on, a leaf) a b c. 

 P. convex to plane, umbilicate, plicato-rugose, white. St. 

 fistulose, subhorny, date-brown or sienna, white above. G. 

 adnate, distant, veined and branched, white. 



Gregarious. Odour none. Dead leaves, especially ivy, twigs, etc., oak, 

 beech, poplar ; common. Sept. -Dec. § X 2J X ^ in. Pileus sometimes 

 marked as 1427, sometimes without gills, or gills replaced by wrinkles. 



1430. M. polyadelphus Cooke (from its growing in crowded patches ; 



Gr. polus, many, ade/p/ws, a brother) a. White. 

 P. hemispherical, sulcate, flocculose. St. tough, floccose below. 

 G. subdecurrent, almost fold-like. 



Densely gregarious. Dead leaves, etc. Autumn. T 3 S X £ X fa in. 



X 2 



