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brown, covered everywhere with dense white tomentum, the bases of several plants bound 
together with dense whitish mycelium, 4-12 em. long, 2-5 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
Hasitat: Among dead leaves or moss. 
Disrrrpution: New York, Ohio, and Michigan; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Britz. Hymen. Sudb. pl. 9, f. 4; Hard, Mushrooms f. 84; Pat. Tab. Fung. f. 
634; Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 24, f. 2. 
85. Marasmius archyropus (Pers.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 378. 1838. 
Agaricus archyropus Pers. Myc. Eur. 3: 135. 1828. 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, convex to plane and depressed, gregarious or cespitose by the 
union of several plants by masses of mycelium at the base, 2-3 cm. broad; surface alutaceous, 
pallescent, often becoming nearly white, glabrous; margin thin, involute, except in the mature 
plants, even, smooth: context moderately thin, tough, whitish; lamellae white, yellowish 
when dry, adnexed, crowded, narrow: spores 8 X 44: stipe pale-reddish, usually appearing 
gray or white with a pruinose or tomentose coat, firm, rigid, stuffed or hollow, 11-14 cm. long, 
2-3 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
Hasitat: Among leaves in woods. 
DisTRIBUTION: Temperate North America; also in Europe. ; : 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Britz. Hymen. Sudb. Marasm. f. 7, 42; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pl. 1122 (1076) B; 
Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 440; Pers. Myc. Eur. 3: pl. 25, 7.4; Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. 1905: pl. 12, f. 1; 
Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 24, f. 7. 
86. Marasmius multifolius Peck, sp. nov. 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, convex to plane, 2-3 cm. broad; surface smooth, not striate, 
isabelline to pale-fulvous, not fading in dry plants: lamellae narrow, crowded, adnate, white, 
changing but little in dry plants: spores 6 X 2.5-3 wu: stipe white-villous, firm, stuffed or 
hollow, 4-6 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 
Type collected on dead leaves in woods at Minerva, New York (herb. N. Y. State Mus.). 
DISTRIBUTION: New England and New York. 
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87. Marasmius washingtonensis Pennington, sp. nov. 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, hemispheric or broadly convex, umbonate, densely cespitose, 1.5— 
2 em. broad; surface smooth, even, whitish, margin striate: lamellae adnate, sinuate, narrow, 
subcrowded, whitish or skin-colored: spores 6 X 3 u: stipe hollow, even, reddish or reddish- 
brown, smooth above, bound together below with dense white mycelium, 3-5 cm. long, 2 mm. 
thick. 
Type collected upon decaying wood near Seattle, Washington, October 20-November 1, 1911, 
W.A. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
88. Marasmius fasciatus Pennington. 
Bees anomalus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 76. 1872. Not M. anomalus Lasch, 
1854. 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, broadly convex to nearly plane, often subumbonate, densely cespi- 
tose, 2-4 cm. broad; surface even, glabrous, reddish to tan, fading nearly to white in dried 
plants: lamellae rather close, narrow, adnexed, narrowed behind, white, sometimes reddish- 
yellow in dried plants: spores 5-6 X 2.5-3 w: stipe cartilaginous, even, hollow, smooth above, 
bound together below by dense white mycelium, reddish to dark-red or almost black, 3-6 em. 
long, 2-3 mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: Catskill Mountains, New York. 
Hapitat: Upon decaying wood in forests. 
DIstTRIBUTION: New York to Michigan. 
Exsiccati: Herpell, Prap. Hutpilze 111. 
