CLASSIFICATION OP AGARK 



subdistant, pallid or tinged alutaeeus. STEM - I cm. long, I 2 nun. 

 thick, equal, tough, pruinose-furfuraceus, stuffed, ./«/// /,,.,//„, 

 slightly enlarged and curved at very i».i><-. SPORES ovate-lane 

 late, 8-9x3-4 micr., sn th, white. ODOli a TASTE mild. 



Gregarious or scattered, on rotten w I, debris, etc. Infrequent. 



This is referred here with some hesitancy, although it i* elea] 

 distinct from the following, which differs in its subcaespitose habit, 

 its slioii stem and long Bpores. Ii was named by Berkeley from 

 terial sent him by <'urtis who collected ii from grape-vines in Ala 

 bama. 



31. Marasmius fagineus M< 

 ('inn. Boc. Nat. Nisi. .lour.. Vol. VI., L883. 



PILEUS l-'i cm. broad, a1 firsl convex-campanulate, then plai 

 obtuse, pliant, striatulate when moist, radiately rugose when dry 

 at length repand, pule fulvous-alutaceus, appressed-silky, sometimes 

 scaly-lacerate, margin at firsl Incurved. FLESH thin, submem 

 branaceus. <!ILLS narrowly adnate, seceding, rounded and sub 

 joined behind, close, not broad. ;it (innate in front, crisped, wliirisli 

 .it first, becoming brown- spotted or stained reddish, n\-j.,- Bubentire 

 STEM short, l-i' cm. long, l 2 nun. thick, curved, sometimes straight, 

 subequal, a/pex enlarged, with a narrow stuffed axis, terete when 

 fresh, compressed when dry, rufous or chestnut-alutaceus, fading 

 to fuscous-alutaceus, apes paler; covered by a whitish, vil 

 tomentosity when dry, strigose brownjish-hairy where attached. 

 SPORES subcylindrical, narrow, with curved apiculus, '- 1 12 (rarely 



13) x •"...■"> I micr., with many immature of all sizes, si th, white. 



CYSTIDIA none. ODOB and TASTE none! 



Gregariously caespitose, usually abundant, on bark near base of 

 living elm, beech and maple, or on stumps, etc., sometimes a» ending 

 the trunk live to six feel or more. Ann Arbor. July-August. Sol 

 infrequent. 



Known by its caespitose, crowded habit, shorl stems, relativel) 

 broad pileus and spores. This may be the true l/. viticola, but that 

 species is poorly known. 



32. Marasmius spongiosus B. & C. 



Jour. Botany, is 19. 



"PILEUS 1-2 cm. broad, plane, obtuse, whitishj d arke r 



on center. GILLS slightly adnate. broad, close, whitish. ST1 M 



