234 AGAEICINI. 



from that of the stem. Gills free, pale, distant, slightly ventricose. Stem 

 1-2 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, equal, solid, very tough, the outer coat squamu- 

 loso-fibrous, base downy, somewhat rooting, and attached to the roots of 

 grass. Taste and odour strong but agreeable. — M. J. B. 



658. Marasmius fusco-purpuzeus. Fr, "Purple-brown 



Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileiis rather fleshy, convexo-plane, sub-umbilicate, 

 grooving pale; stem fistulose, smooth, without juice, brown- 

 purple, base rubiginous, strigose ; gills annulato-adnexed, at 

 length free, distant, rufescent. — Fr. Epicr. p. 377. Pers. Ic. ^ 

 Desc.tA^f.1-3. Eng. Fl.\.p.4.^. Mag, Zool. 4' Bot. no. Al. 

 Berk, exs.no. 127. 



In woods, amongst leaves. Common. 



Stem short, scarcely exceeding 1 in. long, 1-2 lin. thick, smooth, at first 

 pallid, then rufous or blackish purple, with a strigose, rubiginous, woolly 

 base. Pileus ^-1 in. broad, brownish purple, growing pale, tan-coloured and 

 rugulose. 



659. lyiarasmius Wynnei. B.J)' Br. "Wynne's Marasmius." 



Inodorous, ceespitose. Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, subum- 

 bonate, lilac brown, tardily changing colour ; stem fistulose, of 

 the same colour, furfuraceous ; gills thick, distant, adnexed, 

 bright coloured.— ^6r/j. Outl.p. 220, 1. 19./. 3. Ann. N.H. no. 802. 



Amongst leaves, twigs, &c. Coed Coch. 



Gregarious or csespitose. Pileus 1-1|- in. across, variously tinged with brown 

 and lilac, not rapidly changing colour, umbonate, sHghtly fleshy. Stem 2 in. , 

 high, 1| line thick, rather paler than the pileus, fistulose, furfuraceous, 

 springing from a white mycelium, but by no means strigose or tawny at the 

 base. Gills distant, thick, moderately broad, adnexed, beautifully tinged 

 with lilac ; interstices even. — B. d: Br. 



660. Marasmius erythropus. Fr. " Pallid Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileus rather fleshy, convexo-plane, then obtuse, 

 even, turning pale, at length rugose ; stem fistulose, striate, 

 smooth, dark-red, somewhat pruinose when dry, base whitish, 

 strigose ; gills free, seceding, broad, lax, connected by veins, 

 quite entire, whitish. — Fr. Epicr, p. 378. Kromb. t. 3,/. 8. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 65. 



Amongst leaves, near stumps. [Cincinnati.] 



Stem tough, 2-3 in. and more long, 2 Un. thick, at length compressed, 

 blackish-red, smooth above, paler from the first, base strigose. Pileus about 

 an inch broad, pallid, with a pinkish tinge. Gills broad, lax. 



