CLASSIFICATION 151 



M. vafricosus. —Ca.p |-| in. across, tough ; gills closely crowded, 

 very narrow, tinged purple-brown, darker when dry ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, containing blood-red juice, base with tawny down. Inodorous. 



Damp places among moss. 



M. fnscopurpureus. — Cap 5-1 in. across, dark purplish brown, 

 tan when dry ; gills with a rufous or dingy lilac tinge ; stem 1-3 in. 

 long, juiceless, blackish purple. 



Among leaves, especially beech. Sometimes tufted. 



M. terginus. — Cap about i in. across, dingy flesh-colour, whitish 

 when dry ; gills crowded, narrow, pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, pallid 

 above, reddish below and running into a white rooting base. 



Among fallen beech leaves, moss, etc. Tufted. 



M. scorodonius. — Smell strong of garlic. Cap \-l in. across, 

 tough, rufous, then pale and wrinkled ; gills adnate, narrow, 

 whitish ; stem i-It^ in. long, rufous. 



On twigs, etc. 



M. calopus. — Cap about | in. across, whitish ; gills rather dis- 

 tant, white ;^ stem about i in. long, shining, rufous. Odourless. 



On twigs, roots of grass, etc. 



M. languidus. — Cap |— f in. across, becoming umbilicate, grooved, 

 white, tinged red or yellow ; gills narrow, white ; stem about i in. 

 long, pallid. 



Inodorous. Exactly the habit of a small Omphalia. Cap convex, 

 umbilicate, edge grooved ; stem thickened upwards. 



On twigs, dead grass, leaves, etc. 



M. rotida. — Cap about | in. across, thin, umbilicate, whitish or 

 disc darker ; gills few, broad, joined behind to a collar surrounding 

 the stem ; stem i-iJ in. long, blackish. 



Known at once by the gills being fixed to a collar surrounding, 

 but free from the apex of the stem. 



On fallen twigs, etc. 



M. graminum. — Cap 4-6 lines across, umbonate, grooved, disc 

 brown ; gills fixed to a collar round the stem ; stem 1-2 in. long, 

 blackish, shining. 



Differs from M. rotiila in the umbonate cap. 



On grass, leaves, etc. 



M. androsaceits. — Cap up to J in. across, umbilicate, whitish ; 

 gills adnate, whitish ; stem li-si in. long, polished, blackish. 



On dead leaves. 



M. spodoleuciis. — Cap 2-3 lines across, grey, shell-shaped, stem- 

 less ; gills few, white. 



On dead elm twigs, etc. 



M. xerotoides. — Cap thin, convex, then expanded, becoming um- 

 bilicate or depressed, edge remaining incurved for some time, then 

 expanded and spreading, striate, umber, often with a tinge of 



