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crowded, pallid, then nifescent. — Fr.Epicr.p.^lZ. Bolt. t. 58. 

 Sow. t. 37. Fl. Dan. t. 2018, /. 2. Berk. Outl. 1. 14,/. 4. Eng. Fl. 

 Y.p. 47. Cooke, B.F. 1. 14,/. 2. Be7^k. exs. no. 125. 



In woods, amongst leaves. Common. 



Pileus l-2j in. broad, convex or campanulate, at length expanded, some- 

 times Timbonate, carnoso-coriaceous, subrufesoent or yellowish, pallid when 

 dry, clothed with a minute matted siikiness. Gills of the colour of the pileus, 

 with a yellowish margin, distant, rounded behind, almost free. Stem 2-3 

 in. high, 2 lines thick, solid above and downy, hollow below, and there covered 

 with dense yellow strigse. Taste acrid. — J/. J.B, Spores pip-shaped, "00028 

 X "OOOlo in. (Fij. 55, reJd.vbced.) 



656. Marasmius porreus. Ft. " Garlic Marasmius." 



Strong scented. Pileus between coriaceous and membranaceous, 

 convex, then expanded, striate, floccid, disc of the same colour, 

 even ; stem stuffed, then hollow, tough, without juice, incras- 

 sated at either end, reddish-brown, pubescent ; gills free, seced- 

 ing, distant, firm, yellowish, becoming pallid. — Fr. Epicr.p. 374. 

 Sow. t. 81. Bull. t. 158. Eng. FL v. p. 48. 



In woods, amongst leaves. Sept. — Nov. 



Smell strong of garlic, persistent sometimes for years in dried specimens. 

 Pileus |-1 in. broad, plane, slightly depressed, dirty white, with a brownish 

 shade, paler on the margin, which is membranaceous, and regularly striate. 

 Gills nearly free, paler than the pileus, slightly connected by veins. Stem 

 2-3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, velvety, albido-pulverulent, rufescent, tomentose 

 below, pale above, fistulose.— i3/. /. ^. Spores pip-shaped, •00015 X "00025 

 in. 



657. Marasmius oxeades. Fr. " Fairy-ring Champignon." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, convexo-plane, then somewhat umbonate, 

 smooth, growing pale ; stem solid, equal, naked, with a villous 

 interwoven coat, pallid, base naked ; gills free, broad, distant, 

 cream-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 375. Bolt. t. 151. Grev. t. 323. 

 Vitt. 1. 10,/. 1. Kromhh. t. 43,/. 11-16. Sow. t. 247. Scliceff. t. 77. 

 Bull. 1. 144, 528,/ 2. Paul. 1. 103,/ 1-4. Price/. 11. Cooke, 

 B.F. 1. 14,/ 1. Berk. Outl. 1. 14,/ 5. Eng. Fl .y.p. 48. Card. 

 Chron. {I860), p. 190. Trans. Woolh. CI. [18Q7),t. xii. Smith. 

 E.M.f. 28. Badh. i. t. 8,f. 3, ii. t. 7./ 4. 



In exposed pastures, forming rings. Common. Esculent. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



Gregarious. Pileus |-1|- in. broad, smooth, fleshy, convex, at length nearly 

 plane, more or less umbonate, generally more or less compressed and sinuate, 

 tough, coriaceous, elastic, wrinkled, and sometimes cracked, watery brown, 

 as it becomes dry cream-coloured, margin palej flesh white, quite distinct 



