526 MARASMIUS 



1730. M. angulatus (Batsch) B. & Br. (= Marasmius graminum Lib. 

 sec. Quel.) Pers. Myc. Eur. m, t. 26, figs. 3, 4. 



Angulatus, angled. 



P. 1-1-5 cm., fuscous whitish, somewhat membranaceous, hemi- 

 spherical, then flattened, at length plicato-angular. St. 2-3 cm. x 

 1 mm., rufescent grey, thickened at both ends, base hairy. Gills whitish, 

 distant. Spores white, elliptical, 7 x 4/A. On grass, submerged 

 rushes, roots, on sandhills. Aug. Uncommon. 



1731. M. languidus (Lasch) Fr. Languidus, weak. 

 P. 10-12 mm., white, inclining to flesh colour, or light yellow, slightly 



fleshy, convex, then expanded and unibilicate, fiocculose, rugoso- 

 sulcate; margin involute. St. 2-3 cm. x 1-2 mm., pallid, becoming 

 fuscous, thickened upwards, base generally white villose. Gills white, 

 adnate, then decurrent, distant, connected by veins, narrow. Spores 

 white, elliptical, 8/z, minutely punctate. On dead leaves of grass, 

 twigs, and dead herbaceous stems in woods. Aug. Oct. Uncommon. 



1732. M. rubricatus (B. & Br.) Massee. Cke. Illus. no. 496, t. 509, 

 fig. C, as Naucoria rubricata B. & Br. Rubricatus, coloured red. 



P. 6-10 mm., whitish, then tinged with red or buff, convex, then 

 plane. St. 6-12 x 1 mm., tan colour, incurved, and sprinkled with 

 delicate mealy granules at the base and about half way up. Gills 

 white, then brownish, adnexed, narrowed in front. Spores "colourless, 

 pyriform, 6 x 3/i" Massee. Dead twigs, and brambles. Sept. Oct. 

 Rare. 



**St. velvety, or pruinate, base subtuberculose. 



1733. M. foetidus (Sow.) Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 73. Foetidus, stinking. 

 P. 1*5 4 cm., bay-brown-tawny, membranaceous, somewhat pellucid, 



pliant, convex, then expanded, at length umbilicate, striato-plicate. 

 St. 24 cm. x 12 mm., date brown, becoming blackish, everywhere vel- 

 vety, horny, attenuated downwards, abrupt, or sometimes inserted 

 with a very small floccose tubercle at the base. Gills yellowish 

 rufescent, adnate, or subdecurrent, distant, connected by veins. Flesh 

 yellowish, becoming blackish in the stem. Spores white, elliptical-oblong, 

 or tear-drop-shaped, 9-12 x 4-6/n, 1-guttulate. Smell strong, very 

 foetid. Dead twigs, and rotten branches in woods, and hedgerows. 

 Aug. Jan. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1734. M. inodorus Pat. Inodorus, without smell. 

 P. 1-2 cm., reddish brown, membranaceous, convex, then expanded, 



covered with adpressed silky down. St. 1-2 cm. x 1-2 mm., blackish 

 red, apex pale, rigid, entirely covered with a white pruinosity consisting 

 of hyaline, short, flexuose hairs. Gills white, adnate, unequal, some- 



