1^4 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Marasmius angulatus. Pers. 



■Gregarious. Pileus ^-| in. across, flesh thin ; hemispherical 



-then plane, hecoming plicate and more or less angular, 



- whitish with a tawny tinge ; gills adnate, narrow, distant, 



paler than the pileus ; stem 1-1^ in. long, slender, thickened 



. at the base, and often at the apex also, greyish upwards, base 



dark and pilose ; spores elliptical, 7 X 4 /x. 



Marasmius angulatus, Pers., Myc. Eur., iii. p. 165, t, 26, 

 f. 3, 4; Cke., Hdbk., p. 349; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1226b. 

 On grass, rushes, &c. 



Closely resembling M. Curreyi, and M. graminum; differs 

 from the former in the gills not being ventrioose, and in 

 not forming a collar; and from the latter in the larger, 

 elliptical spores, and in the gills being attached to a free 

 collar round the stem. M. calojgus differs in the shining, bay 

 , stem, and emarginate gills. 



Marasmius languidus. Fr. 



Pileus |-| in. across, thin, tough, at first convex with 

 the margin involute, then more expanded and umbilicate, 

 flocculose, rugosely grooved, white with a tinge of flesh- 

 oolour or yellow; gills adnate then decurrent, distant, 

 narrow, white, connected by veins; stem about 1 in. long, 

 ^1 line thick, slightly thickened upwards, naked pallid, 

 base brownish and usually with white down ; spores 

 ■6-7 X 4 /;i. 



Marasmius languidus. Fries, Epicr., p. 379 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 5). 349; Cko., Illustr., pi. 1126c. 



On twigs, deid grass, leaves, &c. 



Small, giegarious, tough, pliant, inodorous; remarkable 

 for the decurrent gills. (Pries.) 



Inodorous. Exactly the habit of a small Omphalia, pileus, 

 convex, umbilicate, margin coarsely sulcate ; stem thickened 

 upwards. 



Marasmius rubricatus. Mass. 



Caespitose; pileus about -J in. across, convex then plane, 

 •whitish then tinged with red or buff, gills adnexed, white 

 then bro^^ nish, stem ^^ in. long, slender, incurved at the 

 ■ base, hollow ; spores pyriform, colourless, 6 X 3 /j.. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) rubricatus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 



