240 AGARICINI. 



attenuated in front, distant, simple, unequal, pallid, wliite. — Fr. 

 Ejncr. p. 38G. Berk. Outl. t. 14,/. G. Arj. calopus, Ann. N.H. no. 

 266. 



On leaves, decayed grass, &c. [Up. Carolina.] 



Grej^arious, dry, scentless. Stem scarcely an inch long. Pileus unpolished, 

 t in. broad, even when young, then plicato-sulcate, white. With the habit 

 of M . Vaillantii. 



678. Marasmius Hudsoni. Fr. " Hudson's Marasmius." 



Inodorous. Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical, rugulose ; 

 stem horny, filiform, dark purple, beset — as well as the pileus — 

 with scattered purple hairs ; gills adnexed, narrow, simple, white, 

 alternately dimidiate. — Fr. Epicr.p. 8SG. Sow.t. 164. Desm. 

 ears. 710. 669. Eng. Fl.Y.p.bb. Ann. N.H. no. 708, t.x.Y.f. 3. A. 

 pilosus, Hud. Fl. Ang. 



On fallen holly leaves. Winter. 



Pileus 3 lines broad, convex, almost hemispherical, white, clothed with 

 red. erect, subrigid hairs. Gills dirty white. Stem 1-2 in. high, filiform, 

 whitish, red-brown, or reddish, somewhat hairy at the base. — Hudson. 



The whole of the outer surface of the pileus is clothed with echinulate 

 processes, and the spores are fusiform, "0004 in. long, with a central nucleus. 

 —B. it Br. 



679. Marasmius epiphyllus. Fr. " Leaf Marasmius." 



Pileus membranaceous, nearly plane, at length umbilicate, 

 smooth, plicato-rugose ; stem rather horny, fistulose, finely 

 velvety ; bright brown below, inserted ; gills adnate, few, 

 distant, entire, veined, white. — Fr. Epicr.p.386. Trat.Aus.f. 

 22. Fl.Dan.t.Wd^J.l. Sow.t. 93. Bait. t. 28, f. D. Batsch. 

 /. 84. Pers.Ic. 4'Desc.t.9j.7,8. Eng.Fl.Y.p.bo. Berk.exs. 

 no. 11. 



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



Pileus 3 lines broad, plane, at length umbilicate, cream-coloured, rugose ; 

 gills veiny, branched, adnate, broad at the base ; in large specimens they 

 are seen to form a close collar round the stem, which is evident when the 

 gills are almost obsolete ; margin of the collar cream coloured ; stem 1-2 in. 

 high, filiform, brown or blackish below, paler upwards, minutely velvety. — 

 M.J.B. 



680. Blarasmms saccharinus. Fr. *' Granular Marasmius." 



Pileus membranaceous, convex, sub-papillate, smooth, sulcata 

 and plicate; stem very thin, flocculose, becoming smooth, inserted 



