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species ; the stern is not of a blackish- purple, neither is it 

 smooth, and the lilac tint is very striking. (B. & Br.) 



A good figure of this beautiful species is given in " Fungi 

 Tridentini" by Bresa'dola, under the name of Clitocybe 

 xantliophylla. (B. and Br.) 



Marasmius erythropus. Fr. 



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

 obtuse, hygrophanous, pallid, rugulose and almost whito 

 when dry ; gills almost free, broad, lax, not crowded, con- 

 nected by veins, whitish margin quite entire ; stem 2-4 in. 

 long, 2 linos thick, hollow, firm, tough, round or becoming 

 depressed, blackish-red, glabrous upwards and paler at first, 

 rather pruinose when dryj furnished with white strigose 

 down below, wall of the hollow of the stem downy ; spores 

 8-10 x 5-6 p. 



Marasmius erytJiropus, Fries, Epicr., p. 378 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 347 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1123s. 



In beech woods among fallen leaves ; rarely on trunks. 



Scattered or somewhat caespitose; inodorous, juiceless. 

 The colour of the pileus varies according to the amount of 

 moisture in the air. Stem sometimes decumbent and con- 

 torted. Agreeing in habit with Collybia confluens and 

 C. acervata, but distinguished from both by the broad, 

 distant gills. 



Marasmius archyropus. Fr. 



Pileus |~1 in. across, flesh rather thin ; convex then plane 

 and more or less depressed, glabrous, pale tan, becoming 

 paler with age ; gills slightly adnexed then separating from 

 the stem, crowded, linear, -J-f line broad, pallid ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, | line thick, rigid, straight, pale rufescent, but every- 

 where covered with dense white down, base similar, stuffed 

 then hollow ; spores subglobose, 4-5 p, diameter. 



Marasmius archyropus, Fries, Epicr., p. 378 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 347; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1122s. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Inodorous. Fasciculate; differs from M. terginus in tho 

 tufted habit, and from M. prasiosmus in the absence of 

 scent. The down on the stem is rather long, like that of 

 M. oreades. 



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