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674. Mazasmius gxaxuinuxn. B.^'Br. " Grass Marasmius." 



Pileus nearly plane, umbonate, sulcate, very pale rufous, the 

 furrows paler, umbo brown ; stem quite smooth, shining, black, 

 white above ; gills few, sub-ventricose, cream-coloured, attached 

 to a free collar. — Berk.OutLt. 14:, f. 8. Agaricus graminum, Lih. 

 Ex.no. 119. 



On leaves of grass. Aug. [Low. Carolina.] 



Scarcely exceeding 3 lines in breadth. Gills even, with veiny interstices. 



675. Marasmius androsaceus. Fr. "Black-stemmed 



Marasmius." 



Pileus membranaceous, slightly convex, sub-umbilicate, striate, 

 smooth ; stem horny, fistulose, quite smooth, black ; gills adnate, 

 distinct, simple, whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 385. Fl. Dan. t. 1551,/. 

 1. Bolt. t. 32. Soiu.t.d4:. Bull.t.66d,f.2. Bocc.t. 104:. Eng. 

 Fl. V. p. 53. Be7'h. exs. no. 131. 



On leaves, &c., in woods. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 3-6 lines broad, convex, with a slight depression, pale rufescent, 

 darker in the centre, grooved and notched, under a lens clothed with a minute 

 matted silkiness. Gills adnate, sometimes quite simple (about 15), with 

 shorter ones between, and no rugse, occasionally forked, with wrinkles in the 

 interstices. Stem 1-2 in. high, filiform, quite smooth, shining-black, twisted 

 when dry, often branched, and sarmentose at the base. — M. J. B. 



676. ZVIaxasxnius pezfozans. Fr. " Fir-leaf Marasmius." 



Foetid. Pileus sub-membranaceous, becoming nearly plane, 

 without striee, rugulose, smooth ; stem fistulose, equal, velvety, 

 dark-bay, inserted at the base ; gills adnate, simple, whitish, 

 frequently dimidiate. — Fr. Epicr.p. 385. Hoff. t. 4,/. 2. Schcsff. 

 t. 239. Batsch.f. 10. 



On fir leaves. Scotland. [United States.] 



Stem tough, about an inch high, equal, velvety, bay, then black. Pileus 

 4 lin. broad, rarely depressed, not umbilicate, without striae, at length 

 rugulose, whitish, then pale reddish. Gills numerous, simple, unequal. 



677. Maxasmius insititius. Fr. "Homy-stemmed 



Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileus membranaceous, tough, convexo-plane, 

 sub-umbilicate, unpolished, at length plicato-sulcate ; stem 

 homy, fistulose, floccose or mealy, reddish-brown, attenuated 

 downwards to the simple inserted base ; gills broadly adnate, 



