152 AGARICINI. 



Marasmius. wrinkled, beset with scattered purple hairs. Stem horny, filiform, 

 dark purple, with the same hairs as the pileus. Gills adnexed, 

 narrow, single, white, the alternate ones dimidiate. 

 Inodorous. 



On fallen holly-leaves. Frequent in England. Rare in Scot- 

 land. June-Dec. 



The whole of the outer surface of the pileus is clothed with echinulate pro- 

 cesses. B. & Br. Spores fusiform, n mk., with a central nucleus very differ- 

 ent from those of any other Agaric or Marasmius. B. & Br. Name after 

 Hudson, author of 'Flora Anglica.' Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 478. Berk. Out. p. 

 223. C. Hbk. n. 678. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 643. B. & Br. n. 708*. ^.15. 

 f. 3 (spores). Sow. t. 164. 



32. M. epichloe Fr. Pileus whitish, bay-brown-fuscous in the 

 centre, thin, plano-convex, somewhat papillate, without striae. 

 Stem bay-brown, opaque, sulcato-striate, the stria slightly bristly, 

 paler at the base. Gills rounded, somewhat crowded, broader 

 behind. 



On the base of grasses. Hereford. 



Name ri, upon ; x^<"?. grass. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 479. B. &* Br. n. 1566. 

 M. gramineus Leveill. 



33. M. saccharinus Fr. Pileus wholly white, membranaceous, 

 convex, somewhat papillate, smooth, silicate and plicate. Stem 

 very thin, filiform or attenuated upwards, flocculose then becom- 

 ing smooth, inserted obliquely, reddish, pale at the apex. Gills 

 broadly adnate, narrow, thick, very distant, reticulato - united, 

 whitish. 



Stem often rufous-fuscous below. Tending more to the form of Mycena 

 than the rest. 



On dead twigs. Rare. King's Cliffe, &c. 



Name saccharon, sugar. Granulate. From the papillate pileus. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 479. Monogr. ii. p. 231. Berk. Out. p. 224. B. & Br. n. 

 1793. C. Hbk. n. 680. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 644. Ag. Batschf. 83. 



34. M. epiphyllus Fr. Pileus 4-10 mm. (2-5 lin.) broad, 

 milk-white, membranaceous, very thin, convex then plane, at 

 length umbilicate, smooth, at length plicato-rugose. Stem 1-2.5 

 cent. (Yz-\ in.) long, very thin, somewhat horny, fistulose, equal, 

 velvety under a lens, date-brow r n, whitish at the apex, inserted 

 without mycelium at the base. Gills adnate, few (4-10), very 

 distant^ entire, veined, branched, white. 



Gregarious, very slender but persistent, inodorous. When dried it revives 

 with moisture. Sometimes there are only wrinkles in place of gills. Baft. t. 

 28. D. Batsch f. 84 (very young). It occurs also wholly even beneath. 

 Pers. Ic. & descr. t. 9. /. 7. 



