156 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Pileus ^1 in. broad, plane slightly depressed, dirty-white 

 ■with a brownish shade, paler on the margin which is 

 •membranaceous, and regularly striate. Gills nearly free, 

 paler than the pileus, slightly connected by veins. Stem 

 -2-3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, velvety, albido-pulverulent, as 

 is at once evident even in dry specimens, rufescent, tomentose 

 ibelow, pale above, fistulose, generally growing on the midrib 

 of the leaves. Odour like that of garlic, very powerful. 

 -Specimens in Sowerby's Herbarium gathered July 31, 1796, 

 still retain their garlic scent. (Berk.) 



Marasmius oreades. Tr. 



Pileus 1-1 5- in. across, flesh rather thin, toughi; convex 

 then plane, somewhat umbonate, glabrous, brownish when 

 ^oung, then tan, becoming pale ; gills free, 1^-2 lines broad, 

 •distant, whitish then pallid, pliant ; stem 1-^2' in. long, 

 1^ line thick, equal, solid, whitish, everywhere covered with 

 •closely interwoven down, base naked; spores elliptical, 

 ■S X 5 /i. 



Marasmius oreades, Fries, Epicr., p. 375; Cke., Hdbk., 

 J). 345; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1118. 



In open pastures, forming rings. 



Smell weak but pleasant, stronger when dry. Pileus 

 rufescent, becoming pale, margin striate when moist. 

 .(Fries.) 



Eoot little more than a minute tomentosity, stipes firm, 

 ;Solid, brittle in very young plants, tough in old ones, 

 furnished with a kind of fibrous bark, tearing and twisting 

 longitudinally, about as thick as a goose-quill, flexuose or 

 crooked, of a pale whitish brown, sometimes farinose towards 

 .the top, from whence it is gradually attenuated downwards. 

 In height it is much influenced by situation, varying from 

 2 to 6 in. Pileus 1-2 in. or more in breadth, hemispherical 

 in the young state, then obtusely conical, finally plano- 

 convex, and most frequently umbonate, smooth, the margin 

 more or less waved, and turning up with age. The substance 

 is leathery, the flesh white, small in quantity. Colour a 

 reddish opaque cream-colour in dry weather ; but in a moist 

 ■state a watery brown, darker in the centre, and somewhat 

 iStriate at the margin. Lamellae distant, mostly four in a series, 

 rather thick and fleshy, free, yellowish-white, frequently 



