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661. Marasmius terginus. Fr. " Clustered Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, 

 shining, whitish ; stem fistulose, smooth above, shining, pallid, 

 reddish below, whitish-villous, rooting ; gills seceding, free, 

 scarcely crowded, narrow, pallid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 377. B. ^^ Br. 

 Ann. N.H. 1866,^. 55. M. Stephensii, B. ^-Br. Ann. N.H. ser. ii. 

 vol. xiii.^. 403, no. 708. 



Amongst dead beech leaves. Dursley. 



Fasciculated. Pileus |-1 in. across, depressed and wrinkled in the centre, 

 opaque, tough, cream-coloured, stained with vinous red, especially when 

 bruised; flesh white, thin; stem 1-2 in. high, hollow, twisted, white and 

 mealy above, quite smooth and shining below, of a rich light nut-brown ; 

 gills few and distant, rather broad, of the same colour as the pileus. Taste 

 and smell like that of M. oreades. — B. cb Br. 



662. Marasmius impudicus. Fr. "Strong-scented 



Marasmius." 



Foetid. Pileus rather fleshy, tough, convexo-plane, then de- 

 pressed ; margin at length striate and plicate, growing pale ; 

 stem fistulose, equal, purplish, when dry everywhere velvety- 

 white, base naked, rooting ; gills nearly free, ventricose, flesh- 

 colour, then whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 377. Br. Bath. Trans. 1870, 

 p. 11. Fr. Mon. Hym. ii.p. 222. 



On and about pine trunks. Hanham. 



Small, gregarious. Stem easily compressed, 2 in. long, 1 line thick, vary- 

 ing from rufous, rufous-brown, to violet. Pileus |-1 in. broad, bay -brown 

 or rufous, growing pale ; margin membranaceous, paler. 



663. Marasmius archyxopus. Fr. '• Tan-coloured Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileus rather fleshy, convexo-plane or depressed, 

 smooth, growing pale ; stem stuffed, then hollow, rigid, straight, 

 pallid, rufous beneath the white tomentose bark, base similar ; 

 gills adnexed, seceding, crowded, linear, pallid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 378. Pers.M.E.t.2bJ.^. Ann.N.R. no.216. 



Amongst leaves. Eare. Bristol. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Fasciculate. Pileus about an inch across, tan-coloured. Stem scarcely 1 

 lin. thick. 



664. Marasmius scorodonius. Fr. "Strong-scented Marasmius." 



Strong-scented. Pileus somewhat fleshy, tough, even, soon 

 plane, rugulose, and crisped ; stem fistulose, equal, quite smooth, 

 shining, rufous; gills adnate, crisp, whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 379. 



