CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS .77 



Easily known by its habitat, the small rounded uml n th< 



;miH the incarnate tinge of cap and Btem. 



4Q. Marasmius siccus (Schw.) Fr. 



Bynop. Fung. Oar., L822 (as Mycena siccm , 



N. V. State Mus. Rep. 23, L870 (as If. oampanulatus Pk.). 



N. v. State -Mus. Bull. L05, L906. 



[llnstration : Bard, Mushrooms, Pi. IT. Fig. L10, p. L46, L908. 



PILEUS 1-2.5 cm. broad, <»r sometimes smaller, at first subcon- 

 ical, broadly campannlate, a1 Length often depressed in center, dry, 

 glabrous, distantly rodiateVy striatt silicate to tfu disk, ochraceus- 

 reddish to brighl rose-madder, darker on disk, in age sometimes fer- 

 ruginous. PLESB membranaceus. GILLS free or slightly attached, 

 narrotced toward stem, broad in front, distant, white or tinged by 

 color nt' pileus, subvenose. STEM t-8 cm. long, slender, horny, glab- 

 rous and shining, bla'ckish-brown ? often pallid i<> white a1 aj 

 tubular, attached to leaves, etc., by small mycelioid base. SPORES 

 elongated oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to the pointed apiculus, 

 variable in size. 13-18 (up to 24) x3- L5 micr., smooth, white. < »l »< »k 

 mild. 



Gregarious, on fallen leaves, twigs and debris in frondose w Is 



Throughout the State. July-September. Frequent. 



< >ne of our most beautiful species of Marasmius. due to its bright 

 colors when in full luxuriance. The color varies considerably ami in 

 age is often rusty-reddish <m the cap. The stem is paler at times 

 when young. The spores are very variable, and either continui 

 mature, <>r in wet weather become elongated by the first sti - 

 germination. Peck referred it to the species of Schweinite, whose 

 specimens of .1/. siccus are preserved in the herbarium of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Science. This species has been reported by 

 De Seynes as occurring in the region of the Congo in Africa. 



50. Marasmius felix Mom 

 Jour. Mycol., Vol. 12, 1906. 



PILEUS 3-8 mm. broad, convex plane, dry, glabrous, Bt 

 rugulose when dry, rufescent. FLESS membranaceus. ( !! : 

 adnate, not broad, distant, white, venose, sometimes forked. STEM 

 2-8 cm. long, filiform, brownish to blackish brown, sometimes « 



