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solid, glabrous, often slightly thickened at the base, colored like 
the pileus ; spores globose, .00024 to .0003 in. broad. 
Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad; stem 1 to 2 in. long, 2 to 3 lines 
thick. 
Iowa. October. Communicated by C. Mcllvaine. 
The fresh plant is said to have no decided odor, but when 
partly dried it emits a slight but rather unpleasant odor. It be- 
longs apparently to the Section Camarophyllus, and is related to 
flygrophorus Peckit. 
MARASMIUS SUBTOMENTOSUS. 
Pileus thin, at first subcampanulate, then convex or nearly 
plane, even or slightly striate on the margin, minutely tomentose- 
pubescent, grayish or reddish gray; lamellae broad, subdistant, 
free or but slightly adnexed, ventricose, colored like the pileus ; 
stem equal or slightly swollen toward the base, inserted, velvety- 
tomentose, grayish or grayish-brown, white within; spores .0004 
to .0005 in. long, .0002 to .00025 broad. 
Pileus 5 to 9 lines broad; stem about 1 in. long, 1 line 
thick. 
Abundant on roots of grasses and other plants in sandy soil. 
Kansas. July. Bartholomew. 
The minute tomentum of both pileus and stem which gives 
them a grayish hue, the inserted stem and the free subdistant 
lamellae mark the species. 
MARASMIUS BADIUS. 
Pileus thin, convex, even, glabrous, bay-brown or reddish- 
brown; lamellae narrow, subdistant, adnate, whitish ; stem gla- 
brous, hollow, blackish-brown; spores broadly elliptical, .oo02 in. 
long, .ooo12 broad. 
Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad; stem about 1 in. long, 1 line thick. 
Decaying sticks lying on wet ground. Kansas. July. Bar- 
tholomew. 
In the dried specimens the stem is of a darker hue than the 
Pileus. This gives a peculiar appearance to the plant and makes 
the species easily recognizable. 
VOLVARIA STRIATULA. 
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, minutely silky, striate on 
the margin and somewhat reticulate when dry, white; lamellae 
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