JiAUASinus. 159 



comparable witli Myeena haematopoda. Pilens ^ in. broad 

 or a little more ; gills purplisli-brown, and contrary to tie 

 general rule, darker when dry. Stem sometimes (among 

 high, mosses) 3 in. long, covered with blackish red down 

 half way np, the rest glabrons (not prninose when dry). 

 (Fries.) 



Marasmius foscopurpurens. Fr. 



Pilens |— 1 in. across, flesh rather thick, whitish ; convex 

 then expanded, often somewhat nmbilicate, dark pnrplish- 

 brown, becoming tan-colour when dry ; gills joined into an 

 indistinct collar behind, at length free, distant, 1 line broad, 

 with a rufous or dingy lilac tinge ; stem 1-3 in., 1 line thick, 

 jniceless, blackish-parple, glabrons, with reddish stiigose 

 down at the base, hollow; spores 4 x 3 /u 



Marasmius fiiscopurjmreua. Fries, Epicr., p. 377; Gke., 

 Hdbk., p. 346; Cke., Elnstr., pi. 1121b. 



Among leaves, especially beech. 



Inodorous. Sometimes small and caespitose, sometimes 

 larger and solitary. Stem varying from 1-3 in. long, pallid 

 at first. Pilens blackish-purple, tan-colour when dry. 

 (Fries.) 



Gregarious. Pileus 1 in. or more broad; at first conic, 

 obtuse, then expanded, rugose, dark brown-purple, changing 

 to pallid umber, snbcamose ; flesh white, firm, elastic. Gills 

 tlightly ventricose, almost free, nearly of the same colour as 

 the pileus, not very close, the edge dark, denticulate. Spores 

 white, round. Stem l^^ in. long, 2 lines thick, fistulose, com- 

 posed of fibres, sometimes slightly compressed, elastic, 

 distinct from the pileus, umber, with a few scattered dark 

 fibrillose specks, stngose at the base, the strigae pale-brown, 

 and sending down many matted roots amongst the leaves on 

 which it grows. (Berk.) 



Marasmius terginns. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, tough, convex then 

 plane, obtuse, becoming sKghtly depressed, dingy flesh- 

 colour when moist, whitish when dry, margin striate ; gills 

 separating and becoming free, rather crowded, narrow, 

 pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, 1—2 lines thick, slightly thickened 

 below, and attenuated into a white, downy rooting base. 



