166 FUNGUS-PLOEA. 



distant, troad, pallid ; stem up to -^ in. long, very slender, 

 pallid, base bay, sliglitly pruinose ; spores elliptical, 

 4x2-5 /A.. 



Marasmius amadelphus, Pries, Epicr., p. 380 ; Gke., Hdbk., 

 p. 349 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1127a. 



On dead branches. 



Gregarious. Inodorous. Fries says the base of the stem 

 is sometimes dilated, and that he has seen the gills rufescent 

 when dry. 



We have three small species gregarious on twigs, bramble 

 stems, &c., the present, M. ramealis, and M. candidus, distin- 

 guished respectively as follows : — 



M. amadelphus ; pileus striate, coloured ; gills broadly 

 adnate. 



M. candidus ; entirely white ; pLleus pellucid. 



M. ramealis; pUeus opaque, whitish, disc rufescent; gills 

 adnate. 



Yar. insignis ; gills very distant, with slightly thickened 

 veins, at length separating from the stem, pale umber. 

 On fir twigs. 



Marasmius ramealis. Tr. 



Pileus 2-4 lines across, flesh thin; plane or slightly 

 depressed, obtuse, opaque, not striate but wrinkled, white, 

 disc more or less rufescent ; gills adnate ; rather distant, 

 narrow, white; stem upto^ in. long, very slender, incurved, 

 mealy, white, base rufous ; spores elliptical, 4 x 2 ;«,. 



Marasmius rameales. Pries, Epicr., p. 381 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 350; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1127b. 



On bramble stems, twigs, &c. 



Densely gregarious. Inodorous. Gills connected behind, 

 and rather crowded for this genus. 



Common upon small decaying branches, especially of 

 bramble and hazel, during the whole year. Gregarious. 

 Pileus 3-4 lines broad, plano-convex, at length wrinkled 

 and depressed, pale rufescent, the centre darker, under a lens 

 clothed with minute matted silkiness. Gills distant, adnate, 

 sometimes broad behind, whitish or subrufescent, margin 

 denticulate. Stem ^-f in. high, -J- line thick, curved, fibril- 

 lose with furfuraceouH scales; the base minutely dilated, 

 whitish or subrufescent. — I believe A. amadelphus to be 



