CLASSIFICATION 149 



M. scortens. — Cap about | in. across, thin, tough, wrinkled, 

 palUd or whitish ; gills free, white ; stem about i| in. long, white 

 with a tinge of brown, apex pruinose, otherwise glabrous. 



Resembling M. oreades in habit, but smaller, and with a nearly 

 glabrous stem, 



M. wynnei. — Inodorous. Tufted. Cap i-i| in., across, slightly 

 umbonate, lilac-brown ; gills distant, thick, pale lilac ; stem 1J-2J 

 in. high, paler than the cap, minutely scurfy. 



Among leaves, twigs, etc. 



M. crythropits. — Cap about i in. across, wrinkled, pallid, almost 

 white when dry ; gills broad, not crowded, whitish ; stem 2-4 in. 

 long, blackish red, rather pruinose when dry, base with white down. 



Differs from Collyhia acervata in the broad, distant gills. 



In beech woods among leaves, rarely on trunks. 



M. archyropus. — Cap I-il in. across, pale tan, then pale ; gills 

 crowded, narrow, palhd ; stem 3-4 in. long, pale rufescent, every- 

 where covered with dense white down, scentless. 



Among leaves, etc. 



M. torqitescens. — Cap about | in. across, thin, convex, then plane, 

 rugosely striate, pallid, disc tawny ; gills free, white with a tinge 

 of red ; stem about 2 in. long, slender, velvety or downy, brown, 

 smooth and whitish at the top. 



Known among species with a velvety stem, by the small whitish 

 cap. 



On twigs in woods, etc. 



M. alUaceus. — Smell strong, resembling garlic. Cap thin, cam- 

 panulate, then expanded, slightly umbonate, becoming striate, 

 dry, brownish ; gills at first joined to a collar and adnate, then free, 

 brownish white ; stem 3-5 in. long, minutely velvety, blackish. 



Known by the strong smell and blackish, velvety stem. 



Among fallen leaves, or on rotten wood. 



M. impudicus. — Smell strong, foetid. Cap |-i in. across, reddish 

 bay, pale when dry ; gills soon free, white, with a tinge of pink ; 

 stem i|-2 in. long, tough, wavy, rufous or purple- violet, entirely 

 covered with white down when dry. 



On or about rotten fir stumps. 



M. fcetidus (PI. XIII, fig. 2). — Very foetid. Cap about i in. 

 across, umbilicate, often wavy, tawny-bay or rufous ; gills reddish, 

 with a yellow tinge ; stem about i in. long, bay, minutely prui- 

 nosely velvety. 



Smell very strong and unpleasant, but not like garlic. 



On rotten branches. 



M. amadelphus. — Cap 2-3 lines broad, pale reddish yellow, disc 

 darker, then pale ; gills broadly adnate, distant, pallid ; stem up 

 to \ in. long, pallid, base bay, slightly pruinose. 



On dead branches. 



