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comparable with Mycena liaematopoda. Pileus ^ in. broad 

 or a little more ; gills purplish-brown, and contrary to the 

 general rule, darker when dry. Stem sometimes (among 

 high mosses) 3 in. long, covered with blackish red down 

 half way up, the rest glabrous (not pruinose when dry). 

 (Fries.) 



Marasmius fuscopurpureus. Fr. 



Pileus f-1 in. across, flesh rather thick, whitish ; convex 

 then expanded, often somewhat umbilicate, dark purplish- 

 brown, becoming tan-colour when dry ; gills joined into an 

 indistinct collar behind, at length free, distant, 1 line broad, 

 with a rufous or dingy lilac tinge ; stem 1-3 in., 1 line thick, 

 juiceless, blackish-purple, glabrous, with reddish strigose 

 down at the base, hollow; spores 4 X 3 //,. 



Marasmius fuscopurpureus, Fries, Epicr., p. 377; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 346 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1121s. 



Among leaves, especially beech. 



Inodorous. (Sometimes small and caespitose, sometimes 

 larger and solitary. Stem varying from 1-3 in. long, pallid 

 at first. Pileus blackish-purple, tan-colour when dry. 

 (Fries.) 



Gregarious. Pileus 1 in. or more broad; at first conic, 

 obtuse, then expanded, rugose, dark brown-purple, changing 

 to pallid umber, subcarnose ; flesh white, firm, elastic. Gills 

 slightly ventricose, almost free, nearly of the same colour as 

 the pileus, not very close, the edge dark, denticulate. Spores 

 white, round. Stem l in. long, 2 lines thick, fistulose, com- 

 posed of fibres, sometimes slightly compressed, elastic, 

 distinct from the pileus, umber, with a few scattered dark 

 fibrillose specks, strigose at the base, the strigae pale-brown, 

 and sending down many matted roots amongst the leaves on 

 which it grows. (Berk.) 



Marasmius terginus. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, tough, convex then 

 plane, obtuse, becoming slightly depressed, dingy flesh- 

 colour when moist, whitish when dry, margin striate ; gills 

 separating and becoming free, rather crowded, narrow, 

 pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, slightly thickened 

 below, and attenuated into a white, downy rooting base, 



