This is a very attractive little plant found on the leaves in the woods after a rain. They are quite abundant. Found from July to October.
Marasmius fœtidus. Sow.
Figure 104.—Marasmius foetidus.
Fœtidus means stinking or fœtid.
The pileus is submembranaceous, tough, convex, then expanded, umbilicate striato-plicate, turning pale when dry, subpruinose.
The gills are annulato-adnexed, distant, rufescent with a yellow tinge.
The stem is hollow, minutely velvety, bay, base flocculose.
The caps are light brownish-red in color, fading when dry. When fresh it has a fœtid odor quite perceptible for such small plants. It is found on decayed sticks and leaves in woods. During wet weather or after heavy rains it is quite common in the woods about Chillicothe.