1 2 8 0 . M a ia sm iu s to rq u e sc en s. Quelet Jura. t. 22, f . 3.
Torquescens = mQ\me,d to twist (which it is, when dry).
Pileus membranaceous, thin, convexo-plane, nujosely striate,
pallid, disc fulvous, stem rather filiform, delicately velvety, brown,
smooth above, whitish ; gills free, thin, ventricose, distant, white or
reddish.—Fr. Ilym. Fur. 471. Coolce Illv s. t. 1124 A.
Amongst twigs.
Spores 5x4/1.
■1281. Marasmius im p u d icu s. Fr. S ym . Fur. 471.
Im p u d i'cu s= shameless, disgusting. From its foetid odour.
Fcetid. Pileus rather fleshy, tough, convexo-plane, then depressed
; margin a t lengtli striate and plicate, growing p a le ;
stem fistulose, equal, purplish, when dry everywhere velvety-while,
base naked, rooting ; gills nearly free, ventricose, flesh-colour, then
whitish.—Cooke jllu s . i. 1124 B.
On and about pine trunks.
Spores 8 x 4-5 y.
C. C a l o p o d e s . Stem short, not rooting, inserted, often with a
floccose tubercle at the base. Pileus convex, involute, then
plane and depressed, in which state the gills, typically
adnate, are snbdecurrent.
* Stem quite smooth above, shining, base simple.
1 2 8 2 . Marasmius scorodonius. Fr. Hym. Fur. 472.
Scorodon'ius, adj. from o-xopoioi/= garlic.
Strong-scented. Pileus somewhat fleshy, tongh, even, soon
plane, rugulose, and crisped ; stem fistulose, equal, (quite smooth,
shining, rufous; gills adnate, crisp, whitish.— Cooke lllu s . t.
1125 A.
Heaths and dry pastures.
Spores 6 x 4 y.
1 2 8 3 . Marasmius ca lop us. Pers. Syn. 373.
Cal'o-pus = with a beautiful stem.
Inodorous. Pileus rather fleshy, tongh, convexo-plane, then
depressed, even, at length rugose ; stem fistulose, equal, smooth,
not rooting, shining, rujous bay; gills emarginate, adnexed, thiu,
wliite.—Fries Ilym. Eur. 472. Cooke Illu s. t. 1125 B.
On twigs, grass roots, etc.
Spores 7 x 4 /1.
1 2 8 4 . Marasmius V a illa n tii. Fr. Hym. Fur, 472.
Vaillant'ii, in honour of M. Vaillant.
Inodorous. Pileus submembranaceous, tough, soon expanded,
depressed, plicato-rugose, turning whitish ; stem stuffed, smooth,
bright brown, thickened above and paler ; gills broad, adnate, sub-
decnrrent, thick, distant, white.—Cooke Illus. t. 1126 A.
On dead wood.
Spores 10 X 6 //.
1 2 8 5 . Marasmius a n g u la tu s. Pers. Myc. Fur. t. 26, f . 34.
Angulo! tus = angled.
Gregarious, small. Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous,
a t first hemispherical, then becoming plane, at length angularly
plicate, whitish tawny ; gills distant, paler ; stem slender, thickened
each way, greyish-rufescent.—Fries Hym. Eur. 473. Cooke Illus.
t. 1126 B.
On grass.
Spores 7 x 4 /1.
1 2 8 6 . Marasmius la n g u id u s. Lasch. Linn, No. 157.
Lan'guidus = snoak, limp.
Inodorous, whitish. Pilous somewhat fleshy, convex, gibbous,
or umbilicate, flocculose, rugoso-sulcate ; stem stuffed, incrassated
upwards, pallid, naked, brownish downwards ; gills adnate, then
decurrent, distant, narrow, connected by veins.—F r . Hym. Eur.
473. Cooke Illus. t. 1126 0.
On dead leaves of grass.
Spores 4-5 y.
** Stem velvety or pruinate, rather tuberculose at the base.
1 2 8 7 . Marasmius foetidus. Sow. i t. 21.
Pwt'idus = stinking.
Fcetid. Pileus submembranaceous, tough, convex, then expanded
and umbilicate, striato-plicate, turning pale when dry, subpruinoso ;
stem fistulose, velvety or pruinose, bright brown, base flocculose;
gills annulato-adnexed, distant, rufous-yellow.— Fr. Hym. Eur.
473. Cooke Illus. t. 1134 A.
On decayed twigs.
1 2 8 8 . Marasmius amadelphus. Bull. Champ. t.'bbß,f . 3 .
Am'adelphus, from a / a = together, and ¿aeA.pos = a brother.
Prom its growing in crowds, catervatim.
Inodorous. Pileus between fleshy aud membranaceous, obtuse,