ANDROSACEUS 531 



then convex and umbilicate, ribbed, sulcate. St. 2-3 x -5 mm., bay 

 brown, shining, apex white, thickened, incurved, horny, base downy. 

 Gills white, adnate, distant, wide, thick. Spores "ovoid lanceolate, 

 10 /u, " Quel. On leaves of grasses. June Aug. Rare. 



***Membranaceous. 



1751. A. rotula (Scop.) Pat. (= Marasmius rotula (Scop.) Fr.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 1084, t. 1129, fig. A, as Marasmius rotula Scop. 



Rotula, a little wheel. 



P. 5-15 mm., whitish, unicolorous, or with the umbilicus becoming 

 fuscous, membranaceous, convex, umbilicate, plicate; margin un- 

 dulato-crenulate. St. 2-5 cm. x 1 mm., blackish, horny, equal, shining, 

 striate when dry. Gills white, adnate to a cottar free from the stem, 

 broad, few (often equal), very distant. Spores white, pip-shaped, 

 acutely attenuated at the one end, 7-9 x 3-5-4-5/u,. Cystidia vesi- 

 culose, apex echinulate, 14-16 x 7-8/n. On dead twigs and roots in 

 woods and hedgerows. May Jan. Common, (v.v.) 



1752. A. graminum (Lib.) Pat. (= Marasmius graminum (Lib.) 

 Berk.) Cke. Illus. no. 1084, t. 1129, fig. B, as Marasmius 

 graminum Lib. Graminum, of grasses. 



P. 5-8 mm., rufous, or very pale rufous, the furrows paler, umbo 

 brown, nearly plane, umbonate, sulcate. St. 2-5-4 cm. x 1 mm., bay 

 or brownish tawny, white above, shining. Gills cream-coloured, adnate 

 to a collar free from the stem, few, subventricose, interstices veined. 

 Spores white, pip-shaped, 8-10 x 4/j. On leaves, and stems of 

 grasses. July Feb. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1753. A. androsaceus (Linn.) Pat. (= Marasmius androsaceus (Linn.) 

 Fr.) Cke. Illus. no. 1084, t. 1129, fig. C, as Marasmius andro- 

 saceus Bull. dvSpoa-aices, an unidentified sea plant. 



P. 4-10 mm., whitish, or somewhat fuscous, membranaceous, sub- 

 umbilicate, wrinkled striate. St. 3-6 cm. x 1 mm., black, horny, very 

 tough, equal, contorted and striate when dry. Gills whitish or greyish 

 flesh colour, adnate, crowded, narrow. Spores white, pip-shaped, 

 7 x 3-4/i. On leaves, and twigs, etc. April Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1754. A. splachnoides (Hornem.) Rea. (= Marasmius splachnoides 

 (Hornem.) Fr.) Cke. Illus. no. 1085, 1. 1130, fig. A, as Marasmius 

 splachnoides Fr. cnr\dy)(vov, intestines ; et8o$, like. 



P. 5-10 cm., white, disc yellowish flesh colour, submembranaceous, 

 convex, then expanded and slightly umbilicate, sulcate. St. 2-4 cm. x 

 1 mm., red (becoming fuscous), apex whitish flesh colour, shining. Gills 

 white, subdecurrent, narrow, crowded, simple and anastomosing. 

 Spores white, elliptical, " 8 x 5/i " Cke. On pine, oak, and beech leaves 

 in woods. Oct. Uncommon. 



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