280 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 9 
TYP LOCALITY: France. 
Hasitat: Upon twigs and branches. 
Distrisution: Eastern United States; also in Europe. . 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 336; Bernard, Champ. Roch. pl. 43, f. 4; Britz. Hymen. 
Sudb. Marasm. f. 31; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pl. 1127 (1082) B; Hard, Mushrooms’ f. 113; Pat. Tab. 
Fung. No. 123; Swanton, Fungi 9. 10, f. 1; Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 25, f. 7. 
ae Exsiccatt: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1301; Linhart, Fungi Hung. 450; Westend. Herb. Crypt. Belge 
131. Marasmius Olneii Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ill. 4: 
294. 1859. 
Pileus membranous, convex, then plane or depressed, 8-10 mm. broad; surface glabrous 
dull, rufescent, margin striate at first, then radiately rugose: lamellae joined to a collar which 
may become free, subdistant, white, the edges slightly crenulate: spores 9-11 X 4-5 u: stipe 
pulverulent-tomentose, white, 3.5—4 em. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Rhode Island. 
Hasirat: Upon dead twigs. 
DISTRIBUTION: Rhode Island, Virginia, and Michigan. 
132. Marasmius filopes Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 77. 
1872. 
Pileus membranous, delicate, convex, subumbilicate, 2mm. broad; surface white, distantly 
and obscurely striate: lamellae about 6-8, adnexed to a collar, distant, white: spores 7-8 X 3 yu: 
stipe elongate, filiform, flexed, whitish, glabrous, brownish at the base, 2.5—4 cm. long. 
Type LocALIty: Indian Lake, New York. 
Hapitat: Needles of Abies. ; 
DistRIBUTION: Adirondack Mountains, New York. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: pl. 4, f. 27-29. 
133. Marasmius minutissimus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 27: 
97. 1875. 
?Eomycenella echinocephala Atk. Bot. Gaz. 34:37. 1902. 
Pileus minute, convex or expanded, 0.5-1 mm. broad; surface white, pubescent, with 
minute, simple or glandular hairs 30 » long: lamellae few, narrow, often vein-like or almost 
wanting: spores not found in the type specimens: stipe capillary, minutely pubescent like 
the pileus, blackish-brown below, pellucid-white above. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Forestburg, New Vork. 
Hastrat: Upon fallen leaves. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York and possibly North Carolina. 
InLustrations: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 27: pl. 2, f. 27, 28. 
134. Marasmius cucullatus Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 6: 76. 1876. 
Pileus thin, campanulate, closing around the stipe when dry, 1-2 mm. broad; surface 
sulcate-striate, pale-straw-colored: lamellae adnate, about 12, of unequal length, paler than 
the pileus: spores not found: stipe slender, pale-straw-colored, with thin white tomentum at 
the base, 5-10 mm. long. ' 
TYPE LOCALITY: Newfield, New Jersey. 
Hapirat: Dead twigs of Vaccinium corymbosum. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
Exstccatt: Ellis, N, Am. Fungi 702. 
135. Marasmius minutus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 27: 97. 
1875, 
Pileus membranous, convex, 2-4 mm. broad; surface glabrous, reddish-brown, sometimes 
almost vinous-red, margin striate-sulcate: lamellae unequal, distant, subvenous, sometimes 
branched, white: spores 8 X 3.5-4 4: stipe capillary, blackish-brown, glabrous, shining, 2.5 
em. long. 
TYPE Locality: Catskill Mountains, New York. 
Hasirart: Fallen leaves. : 
Distrisution: New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
