Marasmius AGARIC ACE^E 301 



A. 



a. Scrotece. 



1391. M. urens Fr. (from its burning taste ; nro, to burn) a b c. 



P. convex to expanded, even or slightly squamulose or rimoso- 

 rivulose, pale yellowish or brownish ; mid. darker. St. solid, 

 slightly attenuate upwards, white or yellowish, wholly white- 

 floccose. G. free to remote, pale yellowish-brown to brownish. 



Gregarious, somewhat csespitose. Poisonous. Taste becoming very pungent. 

 Woods, mixed, grassy places, on leaves, twigs, etc. ; frequent. May-Sept. 

 2| X 4f X | in. 



1392. M. peronatus Fr. (from the base of the stem, as if booted 



with strigose down ; pero, a kind of boot) a b c. 



P. hemispherical to expanded, slightly wrinkled ; marg. striate, 

 whitish-umber. St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate upwards, light 

 yellow or pale brownish, densely woolly-sheathed at base with 

 whitish or yellowish strigose down. G. adfixed to free, 

 crowded, whitish, yellowish or pale rufescent. 



Taste acrid. Woods, oak, amongst leaves, twigs, etc., bramble, beech-nuts ; 

 common. July-Dec. 3J X 4^ X ^ in. 



1393. M. porreus Fr. (from its odour of garlic; porrum, the leek) 



a b c. 



P. hemispherical to flat, coriaceo-membranous, dull yellowish or 

 pale dull brownish ; mid. darker ; marg. striate. St. stuffed to 

 hollow, equal, pubescent, whitish or brownish above, deep 

 purple to almost black below. G. adnexo-free, distant, light 

 yellowish. 



Odour strong, disagreeable, alliaceous. Woods, chiefly amongst oak-leaves, 

 fir ; frequent. Sept. -Dec. 2^ X 3f X \ in. Dried examples more than 

 one hundred years old retain the garlic odour. 



1394. M. oreades Fr. (from its growing in fairy rings ; Gr. oreias, a 



mountain nymph) a b c. 

 P. fleshy, hemispherical to plane, obtuse or umbonate, even, 



smooth, whitish, pale yellowish or brownish; mid. darker. 



St. solid to stuffed, equal, whitish. G. free, broad, distant, 



whitish or pale yellowish. 

 Gregarious. Edible. Taste pleasant ; odour agreeable, stronger when dry. 



Pastures, lawns, roadsides ; common. May-Oct. 2\ X 2f X \ in. A 



colourless ketchup can be made from this. Often pickled or dried for 



winter use. 



1395. M. planeus Fr. (from the at length flat pileus; plancus, 



flat) a c. 



P. convex to plane and depressed, even ; mid. dark rosy-sienna ; 

 marg. rufescent or lightish, becoming pale. St. hollow, 

 attenuate downwards, white above, yellowish to brownish 

 below. G. free, distant, yellowish or brownish. 



Taste mild, sweet. Woods, shady places, on the ground. Autumn, 

 if X i X T 3 ff in. 



