The stem is at least one inch long, hollow, equal, quite smooth, shining, reddish. The spores are elliptical, 6×4µ.
It is found in woods growing on sticks and decayed wood. It is strong-smelling. It is frequently put with other plants to give a flavor of garlic to the dish. Found from July to October.
Marasmius calopus. Fr.
Calopus is from two Greek words meaning beautiful and foot, so called because of its beautiful stem.
The pileus is rather fleshy, tough, convex, plane then depressed, even, at length rugose, whitish.
The gills are emarginate, adnexed, thin, white, in groups of 2–4.
The stem is hollow, equal, smooth, not rooting, shining, reddish-bay. It is found growing on twigs and fallen leaves, in the woods. Smaller than M. Scorodonius but with longer stem.
Marasmius prasiosmus. Fr.
The Leek-Scented Marasmius.
Prasiosmus means smelling like a leek; from, prason, a leek. The pileus is one-half to one inch broad, somewhat membranaceous, tough, bell-shaped, pale yellow or whitish, disk often darker, wrinkled.