158 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Marasmius scorteus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 468 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 346; Cke., Illu&tr., j^l. 1119b. 



In damp woods. 



Taste mild. Eesembling 31. oreades in habit, but much, 

 smaller, and differing in the almost glabrous stem. 



B. Tergini. 

 * Stem strigose below, smooth upwards. 



Marasmius prasiosmus. Fr. 



Smell strong, resembling garlic, persistent. Pileus, J— | in. 

 across, flesh thin, tough, campanulate then convex, at length 

 expanded, obtuse, not striate but becoming wrinkled, pale 

 dingy yellow or whitish and disc often darker ; gills 

 adnexed, rather crowded, up to 1 line broad, white ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, 1 line thick, tough, pallid and almost glabrous 

 upwards ; incrassated downwards, brownish, and downy, 

 often slightly curved, fistulose ; spores, pip-shaped, or ellip- 

 tical and narrowed at the base, 1^15 x 7 /x. 



Marasmius prasiosmus, Fries, Epicr., p. 370 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 346; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1120. 



Among leaves in woods. 



Differs from M. porreus in the white gills and absence of 

 striae on the pileus. The remaining garlic-scented species 

 belong to quite different sections of the genus. 



Marasmius vatricosus. Fr. 



Pileus ^J in. across, flesh rather thin, tough, and like 

 that of the stem with a reddish-brown tinge ; campanulate 

 then plane, sometimes depressed or wavy ; gills adnexed, 

 soon seceding and free, closely crowded, very narrow, tinged 

 with purple-brown, darker when dry; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1 line thick, glabrous above, reddish, containing dark blood- 

 red juice, base covered with tawny down, hollow; spores 

 broadly elliptical, 4 x 3 /x. 



Marasmius vatricosns, 'ETpicr., p. 376; Cke., Hdbk., p. 346; 

 Clce., Illustr., pi. 1121a. 



Damp places, among moss, &c. 



Inodorous. A very remarkable species, but certainly a 

 Marasmius notwithstanding the crowded gills, not at all 



