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Marasmius Curreyi, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., no. 1795; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 352; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1130b. 



On leaves of grass. 



Distinguished from other species in the present section 

 by the pale rufous pileus and cream-coloured gills. 



** Stem velvety or liairy. 



Marasmius insititns. Fr. 



Pileus about h in. across, flesh membranaceous, pliant; 

 convex then plane, slightly umbilicate, not polished, at 

 length plicate and grooved, pale yellowish-brown, becoming 

 whitish ; gills broadly adnate, becoming narrower in front, 

 distant, simple, unequal, pallid then white ; stem about 

 1 in. long, thin, equal, horny, minutely floccose or scurfy, 

 fistulose, slightly attenuated at the base and abruptly 

 piercing the matrix, coloured like the pileus ; spores 

 4 X 2 • 5 /x. 



Marasmius insititus, Fries, Epicr., p. 386 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 352; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1135a. 



On fallen oak leaves, &c. 



In Cooke's figures the stem is about 2 in. long. Berkeley 

 has described a form having a white stem. 



Marasmius perforans. Fr. 



Smell very foetid. Pileus 3-5 lines across, almost mem- 

 branaceous, soon becoming nearly plane, rarely depressed, 

 not umbilicate nor striate, but at length more or less 

 radiately rugulose, whitish or with a rufous tinge ; gills 

 adnate, rather crowded, simple or not forked, unequal (with 

 intermediate shorter ones), narrow, whitish ; stem 1— 1|- in. 

 long, very thin, equal, not horny but tough, even, every- 

 where minutely velvety, bay then blackish, base abruptly 

 entering the substance on which the fungus is growing; 

 spores broadly elliptical, 4 x 3 /x. 



Marasmius perforans, Frios, Epicr., p. 385 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 352 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1130c. 



On pine leaves, &c. 



Distinguished from every allied species by the very foetid 

 smell. 



