162 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Marasmius torquescens. Quelet. 



Pileus about in across, flesh very thin ; convex then 

 plane, rugosely striate, pallid, disc tawny ; gills free, thin, 

 ventricose, distant, white with a red tinge ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, slender, slightly velvety or downy, brown, glabrous 

 and whitish at the top ; spores broadly pip-shaped, 5 x 4 p.. 



Marasmius torquescens, Quelet, Fung. Jura, p. 198, t. 22, 

 f. 3 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 348 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1124A. 



On twigs in woods. 



Distinguished among species with a velvety stem by the 

 small, whitish pileus. When diy the stem is twisted and 

 grooved. 



Marasmius impudicus. Fr. 



Smell strong, foetid. Pileus |-1 in. across, flesh thin, soft, 

 convex then plane, the centre often depressed, reddish-bay, 

 pale when dry ; membranaceous from the margin half way 

 to the disc, paler, rather coai'sely striate ; gills at first 

 touching the stem, but soon free and abrupt behind, con- 

 nected by veins, ventricose, at first crowded, then distant, 

 white with a tinge of pink; stem 1^-2 in. long, 1 line thick, 

 equal, tough, and slightly wavy, base attenuated and rooting, 

 rufous or rufous-brown, sometimes purple-violet, naked, but 

 entirely covered with white down when dry ; spores elliptical, 

 8 X 4-5 IA 



Marasmius impudicus, Fries, Epicr., p. 277; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 348; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1124B. 



On or about rotten fir trunks, &c. 



Small; gregarious, smell strong, unpleasant. Somewhat 

 resembling M. foetidus, but distinguished by the free gills 

 and smaller size. 



C. Calopodes. 

 * Stem glabrous upwards, lase not swollen. 



Marasmius scorodonius. Fr. 



Smell strong, resembling garlic. Pileus f-f in. across, 

 flesh thin, tough ; convex, soon plane, obtuse or slightly 

 gibbous, always dry, even when young, rufous, but soon 

 becoming pale and whitish, at length rugose, and wrinkled ; 

 gills adnate, often leaving the stem, narrow, connected by 



