166 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



distant, broad, pallid ; stem up to in. long, very slender, 

 pallid, base bay, slightly pruinose ; spores elliptical, 

 4 x 2-o p.. 



Marasmius arnadelphus, Fries, Epicr., p. 380 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 349 : Cke., lllustr., pi. 1127A. 



On dead branches. 



Grearious. Inodorous. Fries says the base of the stem 

 is t-ometimes dilated, and that he has seen the gills rufescent 

 when dry. 



We have three small species gregarious on twigs, bramble 

 stems, &c., the present, M. ramealis, and M. candidus, distin- 

 guished n spectively as follows : 



M. amadelphus ; pileus striate, coloured ; gills broadly 

 adnate. 



M. candidus; entirely white; pilens pellucid. 



M. ramealis; pileus opaque, whitish, disc rufescent ; gills 

 adnate. 



Var. insignis ; gills very distant, with slightly thickened 

 veins, at lenth separating from the stem, pale umber. 

 On fir twigs. 



Marasmius ramealis. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 lines across, flesh thin; plane or slightly 

 depressed, obtuse, opaque, not striate but wrinkled, white, 

 disc moie or less rufescent; gills adnate; rather distant, 

 narrow, white ; stem up to ^ in. long, very slender, incurved, 

 mealy, white, base rufous ; spores elliptical, 4 x 2 p.. 



Marasmius rameales, Fries, Epicr., p. 381 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 350; Cke., Illu.-tr., pi. 1127B. 



On bi amble stems, twigs, &c. 



Deni-ely gregarious. Inodorous. Gills connected behind, 

 and rather crowded for this genus. 



Common upon small decaying branches, especially of 

 bramble and hazel, during the whole year. Gregarious. 

 Pilens 3 i lines broad, plano-convex, at length wrinkled 

 and depressed, pale rufescent, the centre darker, under a lens 

 clothed with minnte matted silkiness. Gills distant, adnate, 

 sometimes broad behind, whitish or subrufescent, margin 

 denticulate. Stem f- in. high, 1 line thick, curved, fibril- 

 lose with furfuraceous scales; the base minutely dilated, 

 whitish or subrufescent. I believe A. amadelphus to be 



