238 AGARICINI. 



Sect. 2, Mycena. 



671. IHIarasmius alliaceus. Fr. " Onion-scented Marasmius." 



Strong-scented. Pileus submembranaccous, campanulate, then 

 expanded, subumbonate, at first even, then sulcate, growing pale; 

 stem borny, tall, rigid, velvety or pruinose, black; base rooting, 

 naked ; gills free, brownisb white. — Fr. Ejiicr.p. 383. Jacq. Aus. 

 <. 82. Fl. Dan. 1. 1261. Mich.t.7S,f. 4:. Paul. 1. 122, f.l. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p.66. 



In woods. Rare. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Garlic-scented. Pileus 1 in. or more broad, at length plane, subumbonate, 

 even, or obsoletely striate, becoming pallid. Stemlopg, attenuated upwards, 

 rigid, rather horny, incurved at the base and rooting. — Fries. Root crooked, 

 thick, knotty, sunk about an inch into the earth, and always attached to 

 rotten wood. — With. 



672. MaYasmius caulicinalis. F7'. " Mealy-stemmed Maras- 



mius." 



Pileus membranaceous, camj)anulato-convex, obtuse, smooth, 

 even, then striato-sulcate ; stem fistulose, flocculose, bay, attenu- 

 ated above and paler, farinose ; gills adnato-decurrent, connected 

 by veins, yellow.— i^r. Epicr.p. 383. B. 4^ Br. Ann. N.H. (1866) 

 710.1136. Eng.Fl.Y.p.b4.1 



On the ground, amongst leaves. Nov. Ascot. 



Pileus smooth, white tinged with ochre, at length sulcato-striate. 



673. IVIazasxnius rotula. Fr. " Collared Marasmius." 



Pileus membranaceous, slightly convex, umbilicate, plicate ; 

 stem horny, fistulose, shining, quite smooth, blackish ; gills few, 

 broad, distant, attached to a free collar behind, pallid, white. — 

 Fr. Epicr.p. 38d. Sow.t.Qo. Built. 6^, 669,/. 3. Fl. Dan. t. 

 1134. 3fich.t.7A,f.6. Berk.Outl.t.U,/.!. Fng.Fl.Y.p. 63. 

 Cooke exs. no. 302. Berk. exs. no. 62. 



On fallen twigs, &c. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 1-3 lines broad, hemispherical, umbilicate and minutely umbonate, 

 plaited, smooth ; margin crenate, white, or pale buff, with a dark umbilicus. 

 Gills broad, distant, equal, or occasionally with a few short ones, colour of 

 the pileus, connate behind, and separating from the stem, so as to present 

 the appeai'ance of being fixed to a free collar surrounding the stem. Stem 

 setiform, slightly flexuous, Avhite above, then tawny, deep shining brown at 

 the base, striate, fistulose, frequently branched and sarmentose, with or 

 without abortive pilei, — M. J. B. 



