170 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



on pine and juniper leaves, also on the bark ; pileus scarcely 

 umbilicate, surface more even ; mycelium usually superficial. 

 (Fries.) 



Distinguished by the long, slender, horny, black stem. 



On fern stems, oak and beech leaves, &c., generally on the 

 principal nerves. The whole year. Common. Pileus 36 

 lines broad, convex, with a slight depression, pale rafescent, 

 darker in the centre, grooved and notched, under a lens 

 clothed with a minute matted silkiness. Gills adnate, 

 sometimes quite simple (about 15) with shorter ones between 

 and no rugae ; occasionally forked with wrinkles in the 

 interstices. Stem 1-2 in. high, filiform, quite smooth, 

 shining-black, twisted when dry, often branched and sarmen- 

 tose at the base like the last, (A. rotula.} A. androsaceus, 

 Sow., t. 94, though represented as growing on oak-leaves, is 

 pronounced by Fries to be A. perforans ; but an inspection 

 of the specimen in Sowerby's ' Herbarium ' proves them to 

 be undoubtedly the true A. androsaceus. (Berk.) 



Marasmius splachnoides. Fr. 



Inodorous. Pileus 4-6 lines across, flesh membranaceous ; 

 convex then expanded and umbilicate, glabrous, striate, 

 whitish with a shade of pale tan ; gills slightly decurrent, 

 crowded, simple, anastomosing, white, narrow ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, slender, equal, horny, glabrous, shining, reddish or 

 brownish, penetrating the matrix abruptly, fistulose ; spores 

 elliptical, 8 x 5 p.. 



Marasmius splacJinoides, Fries, Epicr., p. 384 : Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 352; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1130A. 



On pine leaves, &c. 



Size and habit of M. perforans, but readily known by the 

 absence of smell, and the quite white, slightly decurrent, 

 anastomosing gills. 



Marasmius Curreyi. B. & Br. 



Pileus 3-5 lines across, flesh very thin ; convex then 

 plane, coarsely striate, pale rufous, grooves paler, umbo 

 tawny ; gills attached to a collar round the stem, few in 

 number, rather ventricose, cream-colour, interstices some- 

 times veined ; stem about 1 in. long, slender, equal, quite 

 smooth, shining, black, apex white; spores 9 x 5-6 p.. 



