MAEASmUS. 167 



only a state of this species. Tlie gills are not unfreqnently 

 reddisli or ooliraceous; generally so in decay, and though, 

 often narrow, they vary in breadth and degree of adherence 

 to the stem. • (Berk.) 



Marasmius candidus. Bolton. 



White. Pileus 2-4 lines across, flesh almost membrana- 

 ceous ; hemispherical then plane or slightly depressed, 

 pellucid, naked, at length wrinkled into grooves ; gills 

 adnexed, ventricose, distant, narrow ; stem |— f in. long very 

 slender, incurved, slightly pruinose, base downy and at 

 length brownish ; spores elliptical, 4 x 2 /t. 



Marasmius candidus. Fries, Epicr., p. 381 ; Oke., Hdbk., 

 p. 350; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1127c (after Bolton). 



Agaricus candidus, Bolton, t. 39, f. D. 



On twigs, pine leaves, &c. 



Gregarious. Thinner and altogether more delicate than. 

 M. ramealis, tough and persistent. 



II. MYCENAEII. 

 A. Ghordales. 



Marasmius alliaceus. Fr. 



Smell strong, like garlic. Pileus 1-1^^ in. across, flesh 

 very thin, campanulate then expanded, slightly umbonate ; 

 even at first, becoming striate or suloate, glabrous, dry, 

 gills at first attached to a collar and adnate, then free, 

 slightly ventricose, dry, rather distant, brownish-w^hite, 

 crisped when dry ; stem 3—5 in. long, about 1^ line thick, 

 slightly attenuated upwards, minutely velvety, blackish, 

 base more or less rooting, naked, horny, rigid, hollow; 

 spores 14—16 x 8 /*. 



Marasmius alliaceus. Fries, Epicr., p. 383 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 350; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1128a. 



Among fallen leaves, and sometimes on rotten wood. 



Distinguished by its strong garlic smell and minutely 

 velvety blackish stem. 



Marasmius cauticinalis. Fr. 

 Pileus about |^ in. across, flesh veiy thin, and like that of 



