154 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



B. Motulae. 



Stem very slender, flaccid, base not dilated nor floccose, 

 but appearing to enter the matrix abruptly ; pilens soon 

 more or less ]'lane or nmbilicate. 



Growing on leaves, twigs, &c. 



* Stem quite glabrous, sbining. 



** Stem minutely velvety or downy. 



III. Apus. 

 Pileus sessile, resupinate. 



I. COLLYBTAEII. 

 A. Scortei. 



Marasmius urens. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, thin 

 elsewhere, more or less cam] amilate then expanded, usually 

 gibbons, rather tough, margin dioof)ing or incurved, smooth, 

 even, pinkish-buff, paler when dry, sometimes almost umber 

 when moist, the surface usually becoming broken up when 

 dry; gills free, joined behind and becoming remote from 

 the stem, distant, tough, pale biifl' then brownish ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal, or sometimes ventricose 

 and up to 4- in. thick, pallid, covered everywhere with minute 

 white downy particles, base white, downy, solid, rigid ; 

 spores elliptical, 8 x 4 /x. 



Marasmius urens, Fries, Epicr., p. 373 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 344; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1116 (pileus brownish umber). 



Woods and grassy places, among fallen leaves. 



Gregarious or cae.spitose. Taste very pungent, a feature 

 w^hich separates the present from M. oreades. Kot coarsely 

 tomentose at the base, as in M. peronatus, but only downy. 



Marasmius peronatus. Fr. 

 Yery acrid. Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, pliant; 

 convex then almost plane, obtuse, opaque, becoming de- 

 pressed here and there, or lacunose, pale rufous with a 



