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species ; the stem is not of a blackish- purple, neither is it 

 smooth, and the lilac tint is very striking. (B. & Br.) 



A good fii^ure of this beautiful species is given in " Fungi 

 Tridentini" by Bresadola, under the name of Clitocijhe 

 £cantJiojphjUa. (B. and Br.) 



Marasmius erythropus. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, 

 obtuse, hygrophanous, pallid, rugulose and almost white 

 when dry ; gills almost free, broad, lax, not crowded, con- 

 nected by veins, whitish margin quite entire ; stem 2-4 in. 

 long, 2 linos thick, hollow, firm, tough, round or becoming 

 depressed, blackish-red, glabrous upwards and paler at first, 

 rather pruinose when dry ; furnished with white strigose 

 down below, wall of the hollow of the stem downy; spores 

 8-10 X 0-6 fx. 



Marasmius erythropus, Fries, Epicr., p. 378; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 347 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1123b. 



In beech woods among fallen leaves ; rarely on trunks. 



Scattered or somewhat caespitose ; inodorous, juiceless. 

 The colour of the pileus varies according to the amount of 

 moisture in the air. Stem sometimes decumbent and con- 

 torted. Agreeing in habit with CoJhjhia conjiiiens and 

 C aceruata, but distinguished from both by the broad, 

 distant a'ills. 



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Marasmius archyropus. Fr. 



Pileus ^-1 in. across, flesh rather thin ; convex then plane 

 and more or less depressed, glabrous, pale tan, becoming 

 paler with age ; gills slightly adnexed then separating from 

 the stem, crowded, linear, -^-J line broad, pallid ; stem 3-1 in. 

 long, I line thick, rigid, straight, pale rufescent, but every- 

 where covered with dense white down, base similar, stufled 

 then hollow ; spores subglobose, 4-5 fx diameter. 



Marasmius archyropus. Fries, Epicr., p. 378; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 347; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1122b. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Inodorous. Fasciculate; differs from M. terginus in the 

 tufted habit, and from M. prasiosmus in the absence of 

 .^cent. The down on the stem is rather long, like that of 

 M. oreades, 



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