532 ANDROSACEUS 



1755. A. Curreyi (B. & Br.) Rea. (= Marasmius Curreyi B. & Br.) 

 Cke. Illus. no. 1085, t. 1130, fig. B, as Marasmius Curreyi 

 B. & Br. Frederick Currey, the eminent mycologist. 



P. 4-10 mm., pallid rufous, furrows paler, umbo fuscous, somewhat 

 plane, sulcate, somewhat radiate. St. 23 cm. x 1 mm., black, apex 

 white, shining. Gills cream-coloured, attached to a collar, few, sub- 

 ventricose, interstices veined. Spores white, elliptical, 9 x 5-6 /LC. On 

 leaves of grasses. Aug. Uncommon. 



1756. A. perforans (Fr.) Pat. (= Marasmius perforans Fr.; Maras- 

 mius abietis Batsch sec. Quel.) Cke. Illus. no. 1085, t. 1130, 

 fig. C, as Marasmius perforans Fr. Perforans, boring through. 



P. 812 mm., whitish, becoming pale rufescent, submembranaceous, 

 convexo-plane, minutely umbonate, then flattened, at length slightly 

 wrinkled. St. 2-3 cm. x 1 mm,, bay brown, then black, apex flesh colour, 

 tough, equal, velvety. Gills whitish, adnate, narrow, numerous, simple, 

 unequal (the alternate ones shorter), not very distant. Spores white, 

 "lanceolate, 6 x SJLC" Rick. Smell very foetid. On fir leaves. Aug. 

 Oct. Rare. 



1757. A. insititms (Fr.) Rea. (= Marasmius insititius Fr.) Cke. Illus. 

 no. 1086, t. 1135, fig. A, as Marasmius insititius Fr. 



Insititius, ingrafted. 



P. 10-20 mm., white, membranaceous, pliant, convexo-plane, 

 somewhat umbilicate, then plicato-sulcate. St. 2-3 cm. x 1 mm., 

 rufous, inclining to fuscous, horny, attenuated downwards into an 

 inserted base, fioccoso-furfuraceous. Gills pale, to cream, broadly 

 adnate, attenuated at the margin, distant, simple, unequal. Spores 

 white, pip-shaped, 6-8 x 3-5-4/u.. Cystidia hyaline, cylindrical, cla- 

 vate or lanceolate, 40-50 x 5-6/t. On leaves, decayed grass, etc. 

 Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. albipes (Fr.) Rea. (= Marasmius insititius Fr. var. albipes Fr.) 

 Berk. Outl. t. 14, fig. 6, as Marasmius insititius Fr. 



Albus, white ; pes, foot. 



Differs from the type in the white stem. Spores white, pip-shaped, 

 8-10 x 4-5/x, 1-multi-guttulate. On dead oak leaves and grasses. 

 Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1758. A. Hudsonii (Pers.) Pat. (= Marasmius Hudsoni (Pers.) Fr. ; 

 Marasmius pilosus (Huds.) Quel.) Cke. Illus. no. 1086, t. 1135, 

 fig. B, as Marasmius Hudsoni Pers. 



William Hudson, author of "Flora Anglica." 



P. 2-6 mm., pale fuscous-rufescent, membranaceous, hemispherical, 



wrinkled, beset with scattered, long, purplish, or brownish hairs. St. 



