MARASMIUS. 149 



as much as 20 cent. (8 in.) long, horny, rigid, fistulose, attenuated Marasmius. 

 upward s, pruinato-velvety, blackish, rooted at the base where it is 

 somewhat incurved and naked. Gills adnexed in the form of a 

 ring then/n^, slightly ventricose, arid, slightly distant, fuscous- 

 whitish, crisped when dry. 



Odour strong, of garlic, persistent. There is nothing of a reddish tinge in 

 the whole plant. The stem is not tomentose at the base as in the Tergini. 



Among leaves and on rotten wood. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Name allinm, garlic. From the smell. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 226. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 475. Berk. Out. p. 223. C. Hbk. n. 671. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 636. 

 Ag. Jacq. Austr. t. 82. Fl. Dan. t. 1251. Mich. Gen. t. 78. /. 4. Paul. t. 

 122. / i. 



23. M. caulicinalis Fr. Pileus 12 mm. (%. in.) and more 

 broad, dingy yellow becoming ferruginous, then ochraceous, 

 membranaceous, thin, pliant, campanulate then convex, obtuse, 

 at length plane, never umbilicate, even then striato-sulcate. Stem 

 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, fistulose with a pith, rigid, tough, 



floccoso-villous and bay-brown below, attenuated, paler and mealy 

 upwards, somewhat inserted at the base. Gills adnato-decurrent, 

 somewhat distant, connected by a network of veins, pallid light 



yellow. 



It differs widely from Ag. campanella, with which it agrees in stature and 

 habit. A. caulicinalis Bull, is entirely different. 



Among leaves. Rare. Nov. 



It occurs paler in colour. Spores 4-5 x 2-3 mk. B. Name caulis, a stalk, 

 stem. Growing on stems. Fr. Monogr. \\. p. 227. Hym. Eur. p. 476. B. & 

 Br. n. 1136. C. Hbk. n. 672. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 637. Ag. With. Sow. t. 163. 



B. ROTUL^E. 



* Stem very smooth, shining. 



24. M. rotula Fr. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, whitish, 

 unicolorous, or with the umbilicus becoming fuscous, arid, mem- 

 branaceous, slightly convex, umbilicate, plicate, undulato-crenu- 

 lated at the margin. Stem variable in length, horny, fistulose, 

 equal, shining, very smooth, blackish, manifestly striatewhen dry. 

 Gills adnate behind to a collar encircling the stem but removed 



from it, broad, few (often equal), very distant, white. 

 Gregarious, often coespitose, with root-like branchlets. 



On dead twigs. Common. July-Nov. 



Stem deep shining brown at the base. M.J.B. Name rota, a wheel. 

 Like a little wheel. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 229. Hym. Ettr. p. 477. Berk. 

 Out. p. 222. /. 14. / 7. C. Hbk. n. 673. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 638. Gonn. & 



