530 MARASMIUS. ANDROSACEUS 



C. P. sessile, resupinate. 



1747. M. spodoleucus B. & Br. (= Marasmius Broomei Berk. sec. 

 Cke.) Cke. Illus. no. 1088, t. 1137, fig. C. 



<r7ro8o9, ashes; Xef/co?, white. 



P. 4-5 mm., cinereous, conchate, resupinate, pulverulent, or slightly 

 furfuraceous ; margin free, arched. Gills white, few, narrow, entire, 

 so short as to leave a naked space at the base. Flesh umber. Spores 

 white, globose, 3-4/z. Dead twigs and stumps of elm. Nov. March. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



**Pileus with a thick, cellular pellicle, 

 f Cells of the pellicle upright, echinulate or verrucose. 

 Androsaceus (Pers.) Pat. (= Marasmius Fr. p.p.) 



(ai/Spoo-a9, an unidentified sea plant.) 



Pileus membranaceous, thin, regular, cells of pellicle echinulate, or 

 tuberculose. Stem central, horny. Gills adnate, emarginate, decur- 

 rent, or attached to a collar. Spores white, elliptical, pip-shaped, 

 oblong elliptical, subglobose, or club-shaped; smooth; continuous. 

 Cystidia present, or absent. Growing on wood, fallen leaves, etc. 



*Fleshy-membranaceous. 



1748. A. calopus (Pers.) Pat. (= Marasmius calopus (Pers.) Fr.) Cke. 

 Ulus. no. 1079, t. 1125, fig. B, as Marasmius calopus Pers. 



aXo9, beautiful; TTOU?, foot. 



P. 1-1-5 cm., whitish, slightly fleshy, tough, convex, then flattened, 

 obtuse, rarely depressed, slightly wrinkled when dry. St. 2-3 cm. x 

 2 mm., bay-brown-rufous, tough, shining, attenuated upwards. Gills 

 white, slightly emarginate, thin, subdistant. Spores white, elliptical, 

 7 x 4/u-. On twigs, grass roots, etc. Sept. Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



"""Tender, pellucid. 



1749. A. polyadelphus (Lasch) Pat. 1 (= Marasmius polyadelphus 

 (Lasch) Cke.) Cke. Illus. no. 1088, t. 1137, fig. B, as Marasmius 

 polyadelphus Lasch. 7roA,ua8eX<o9, with many brothers. 



Entirely snow white. P. 2-3 mm., very tender, hemispherical, um- 

 bilicate, sulcate, pruinose, tomentose under a lens. St. 10-15 x 1 mm., 

 filiform, curved, flaccid, pruinose, thickened and floccose at the base. 

 Gills decurrent, very narrow, wrinkle-like, distant. Spores white, 

 "fusiform-lanceolate, 7-9 x 3-4 /M" Rick. Fasciculate, and in troops. 

 On dead oak, and beech leaves. Oct. Dec. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1750. A. flosculinus (Bataille) Rea. (= Marasmius fiosculus Quel.) 

 Quel. Soc. bot. 1878, t. 3, fig. 4. Fiosculus, a little flower, 



P. 4-5 mm., white, shining, very thin, diaphanous, campanula te, 

 1 By an oversight this species was described under Omphalia (no. 1412), but 

 its correct position is here. 



