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brick-red tinge then tan-colour ; gills adnexed then seceding, 

 rather thin, somewhat crowded, 1 line broad, pallid then 

 with a rufescent tinge; stem about 2 in. long, 1^-2 lines 

 thick at the base, slightly thinner upwards, pale, downy 

 above, at the base and for some distance up densely covered 

 with long, spreading down ( = peronate), varying in colour 

 from whitish to bright yellow, stuffed with fibres ; spores 

 pip-shaped, 10 x 6-7 /*. 



Marasmius peronatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 373 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 345 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1117. 



In woods among leaves. 



Amongst rotten leaves, especially oak-leaves, in woods. 

 July, November. Common. Pileus l-2 in. broad, convex 

 or campanulate at length expanded, sometimes umbonate, 

 carnoso-coriaceous, sub-rufe.>c^nt or yellowish, pallid when 

 dry, clothed with a minute matted silkiness. Gills of the 

 colour of the pileus with a yellowish margin, distant, rounded 

 behind, almost free. Stem 2-3 in. high, 2 lines thick, com- 

 posed of fibres, solid above and downy, hollow below and 

 there covered with dense yellow strigae. Taste acrid. 

 (Berk.) 



Allied to M. urens, but readily recognised by the densely 

 woolly or peronate base of the stem. 



Marasmius porreus. Fr. 



Smell resembling garlic. Pileus 1-2 in. across very thin, 

 coriaceous, flaccid, convex then expanded, obtuse, disc even, 

 margin striate, opaque, dingy-yellowish, paler when dry; 

 gills soon becoming free, distant, rather thick, tou^h, about 

 1 line broad, at length coriaceous, yellow then pallid; stem 

 up to 3 in. long, 1-li line thick, downy, reddish-brown, 

 apex paler, stuffed then hollow ; spores subglobose, about 

 4 p. diameter. 



Marasmius porreus, Fries, Epicr., p. 374; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 345; Illustr., pi. 1133. 



Among fallen leaves, &c. 



Often confounded with M. prasiosmus, which it resembles 

 in the strong garlic stnell. In the present species the smell 

 disappears on drying, the stem is pubescent throughout its 

 length, the gills are yellowish, and the spores small and 

 subglobose ; all points of distinction from M. prasiosmus. 



