Leucosporse 



Twigs and stems among fallen leaves in woods. Ticonderoga. Au- Marasmius. 

 gust. 



This might easily be mistaken for M. scorodonius, but it is without 

 odor, and has a different insertion of the lamellae. It is sometimes ces- 

 pitose. The pileus in our specimens is whitish. Peck, 3ist Rep. 

 N. Y. State Bot. 



Because of its similarity to M. scorodonius, which is edible, it is 

 given here. 



II. MYCENA. 



A, CHORDALES. 



M. allia'ceus Fr. allium, garlic. Pileus i iK in. broad, whitish 

 inclining to fuscous, often milk-white when young, somewhat men>- 

 branaceous, campanulate then expanded, somewhat umbonate, even, at 

 length striate and sulcate, smooth, dry. Stem as much as 8 in. long, 

 horny, rigid, fistulose, attenuated upward, pruinato-velvety , blackish, 

 rooted at the base where it is somewhat incurved and naked. Grills ad- 

 nexed in the form of a ring, then free, slightly ventricose, arid, slightly 

 distant, fuscous-whitish, crisped when dry. 



Odor strong, of garlic, persistent. There is nothing of a reddish 

 tinge in the whole plant. The stem is not tomentose at the base as in 

 the Tergini. Fries. 



Among leaves and on rotten wood. Frequent. August to October. 

 Stevenson. 



Spores 14-16x8/1 Massee. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Pennsylvania, Schweinitz; Min- 

 nesota, Johnson; Novia Scotia, Somers. 



Edible. Bull. Boston Myc. Club. 



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