MARASMIUS. 165 



n. 1873; Cke. Hclbk., p. 175; Cke., Illustr., pi. 509c; Sacc, 

 SylL, vol. v., n. 3428. 



On dead twigs. 



Having made a drawing of this species at the time it was 

 found, I am able to add somew^liat to Berkeley's description. 

 It was growing on a bramble twig. The largest specimen 

 was scarce half an inch high, and the diameter of the pilens 

 about J of an in. ; the stem hollow, sprinkled with delicate 

 mealy grannies at the base, and about half way up; gills 

 adnexed behind, narrowed in front; whitish, then flesh- 

 coloured, becoming biownisb. (Cooke.) 



An examination of Berkelej^'s type specimen shows that 

 the spores are perfectly colourless, hence the species belongs - 

 to the genus Marasmius. 



** Stem sliglitli) velvety or downy, base often somewhat 



tuherculose. 



Marasmius foetidus. Fr. 



Yery foetid. Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh rather thin,, 

 pliant, and like that of the stem, tinged reddish-brown ;. 

 convex then expanded and umbilicate or irregular and wavj% 

 rather pellucid, tawny-bay or rufous, paler and slightly 

 pruinose when dry, margin striate, rather incurved when 

 young; gills adnexed and joined in an imperft-ct ring at 

 the base, distant, rather thin, reddish with a t nge of yellow ;. 

 stem about 1 in. long, hollow, bay, 1 line or more thick, 

 sometimes thinner at the base, minutely pruinosely velvety,, 

 bay, the flocculose base abruptly piercing the matrix; spores- 

 elliptical, 7 X 4 /x. 



Agaricus foetidus, Sowerby, t. 21. 



Marasmius foetidus. Fries, Epicr., p. 380 ; Cke., Hdbk.,. 

 p. 349; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1134a. 



On rotten branches. 



Smell very strong and unpleasant, but not like garlic. 



Marasmius amadelphus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 lines broad, flesh thin ; tough, convex then 



plane or depressed, discoid, obtuse, somewhat pruinose, 



margin at length striate, pale reddish-yellow, disc darker, 



becoming pale ; sometimes whitish: gills broadly adnato, 



