158 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Marasmius scorteus. Pries, Hym. Eur., p. 468,; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 346; Cke., Illu&tr., pi. 1119b. 



In damp woods. 



Taste mild. Eesembling M. oreades in habit, but mucli 

 smaller, and differing in the almost glabrous stem. 



B. Tergini. 

 * Stem strigose helow, smooth upwards. 



Marasmius prasiosmus. Fr. 



Smell strong, resembling garlic, peirsistent. Pileus; J-| in. 

 across, flesh thin, tough, campanulate then convex, at length 

 expanded, obtuse, not striate but becoming wrinkled, pale 

 dingy yellow or whitish and disc often darker ;. i gills 

 adnexed, 'rather crowded, up to 1 line broad, white; stem 

 2-3 in. long, 1 line thick, tough, pallid and almost glabrous 

 upwards; incrassated downwards, brownish, and downy, 

 often slightly curved, fistulose ; spores, pip-shaped, or ellip- 

 tical and narrowed at the base, 14-15 X 7 /a. 



Marasmius prasiosmus. Fries, Epicr., p. 370 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 346; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1120. 



Among leaves in woods. 



Differs from M. porreus in the white gills and absence of 

 etriae on the pileus. The remaining garlic-scented species 

 belong to quite different sections of the genus. 



Marasmius vatricosus. Er. 



Pileus ^f in. across, flesh rather thin, tough, and like 

 that of the stem with a reddish-brown tinge ; campanulate 

 then plane, sometimes depressed or wavy ; gills adnexed, 

 soon seceding and free, closely crowded, very narrow, tinged 

 with purple-brown, darker when dry; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1 line thick, glahrous above, reddish, containing dark blood- 

 red juice, base covered with tawny down, hollow ; spores 

 broadly elliptical, 4 X 3 ;«.. 



Marasmius vatricosus, Epicr., p. 376 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 346 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1121a. 



Damp places, among hiobs,, &c. 



Inodorous. A very remarkable species, but certainly a 

 Marasmius notwithstanding the crowded gills, not at all 



