172 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Marasmius Hudsoni. Pers. 



Pileus 1-2 lines across, very thin ; hemispherical, rugn- 

 lose, brownish, covering with long, spreading, purplish, 

 slender hairs ; gills adnexed, narrow, white, nnbranched, 

 alternate ones shorter; stem ^ in. long, slender, coloured 

 like the pileus and beset with similarly coloured, long hairs ; 

 spores elliptical, 5 X 3 /x. 



3larasmius Hudsoni, Fries, Epicr., p. 386; Cke., Hdbk.^ 

 p. 353 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1135b. 



Agaricus Hudsoni, Pers., Syst. Myc, i. p. 139. 



Agaricus pilosus, Hudson, Flor. Angl. ; Sowerby, t. 164. 



On fallen holly leaves. 



Readily distinguished by its small size, and by the pileus 

 and stem being densely covered with long, coloured, 

 spreading hairs. 



Pileus 3 lines broad, convex, almost hemispherical, white, 

 clothed with red erect subrigid hairs. Gills dirty white. 

 Stem 1-2 in. high, filiform, whitish, red brown or reddish, 

 somewhat hairy at the base. (Berk.) 



Marasmius epichloe. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 lines across, flesh very thin ; convex then 

 plane, papillate, not striate, whitish, disc bay-brown ; gills 

 rounded behind, rather crowded, broadest behind ; stem 

 about 1 in. long, slender, equal, opaque, bay, coarsely striate, 

 striae setulose, base paler ; spores elliptical, 3 x 2 /a. 



Marasmius epichloe, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 479 ; Cke., Hdbk.^ 

 p. 353; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1136a. 



On dr}' grass stems, on spines of Bohinia, &c. 



In Cooke's figure the stem is dark to the base, and the 

 margin of the pileut? striate or puckered. 



Marasmius actinophorus. B. & Br. 



Pileus 1-2 lines across, very thin ; convex then plane and 

 umbilicate, pale bay brown, with distant darker, radiating 

 lines, wrinkled when dry; gills adnexed, nai row, whitish, 

 alternate ones shorter; stem |-1 in. long, very slender, 

 equal, paler than the pileus ; spores subglobose, 3 /x diameter. 



3Iarasmius actinopJiorus, B. & Br., Ceylon Fungi, no. 385 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 353; Cke, Illustr., pi. 1136b. 



On fallen twigs. 



