A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 107 



(115.) MARASMIUS PORREUS ; The Garlic-cap. 



Habitat. Among fallen leaves. In groups. 



Season. October and November. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Half to two inches across, pallid, disc ochry, opaque ; 

 convex, then plane, orbicnlar, depressed. Margin thin, striate. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, red-brown, slender, tough, 

 incrassate above and below, tomentose, naked. Base villose. 



Section. Flesh membranaceous, tough. Stem stuffed, at length 

 hollow. Gills pale fawn, distant, firm, truncate, remote. Odour 

 and taste of garlic. Spores white. 



Obs. This and the other alliaceous mushrooms are a good deal employed on 

 the Continent.— fF. D. H. 



(116.) MARASMIUS SCORODONIUS ; The Little Shallot-cap. 



Habitat. On heaths, commons, hill pastures, stubble-fields, etc. 

 In groups. 



Season. July to September. Rather common. 



Pileus. Half to one inch across, pale red-buff ; convex and 

 smooth, then plane and rugose ; tough, even, thin, elastic. 



Stem. One inch high, red-brown, slender, glabrous, polished, 

 equal, scarcely rooting. 



Section. Flesh thin, tough. Stem hollow. Gills pallid, crisped, 

 distant, adnate. Odour and taste like shallot. Spores white. 



Obs. May be used dry or fresh to impart its flavour to soups, gravies, etc. 

 —W. D. H. 



Genus PANUS. 



(117.) PANUS CONCHATUS ; The Conch. 



Habitat. On trees. In tufts. 



Season. August to December. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to five inches across, pinky-buff or pale tan, 

 glabi^ous, then squamulose, thin, flaccid, tough; excentric, dimi- 

 diate, unequal, irregular, conchate or infundibuliform. Sessile. 

 Base unequal, tomentose. 



Section. Flesh thick centrally, white, tough. Gills pinkish or 

 buff, attenuate behind, branched, anastomosing, pointed before and 

 behind, deeply decurrent. Odour and flavour farinaceous. Spores 

 white. 



Obs. It is a good edible, and should be dressed like the Oyster. Must not 

 be confounded with P. stypticus. — W. D. H. 



