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venose-connected, subcrenulate on the edge, white ; stem equal, hollow, 

 smooth above, velvety-tomentose toward the base, reddish-brown. 

 Plant gregarious, l'-3' high, pileua 6"-9" broad, stem .5" thick. 



On and among fallen twigs and leaves. West Point. June. 



Marasmius umbonatus, Peck. 



Pileus thin, tough, expanded, umbonate, smooth, even or substriate, aluta- 

 ceous, the margin at first incurved ; lamallae narrow, subdistant, reaching the 

 stem, venose-connected, sometimes branched toward the outer extremity, 

 white ; stem equal, solid, velvety-tomentose, tawny below, paler above. 



Plant gregarious, l'-1.5' high, pileus 6"-9" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Ground under balsam trees. North Elba. July. 



Marasmius caespitosusj Peck. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, even, brown, with a lilac tint, the thin margin exceed- 

 ing the lamallae ; lamellae close, free, somewhat united with each other at the 

 stem, narrowed outwardly, white ; stem sometimes compressed at the top, 

 stuffed or hollow, pruinose. 



Plant caespitose, l'-2' high, pileus 6"-10" broad. 



Birch stumps in woods. Richmondville, June. 



Marasmius lougipes, Peck. 



Pileus thin, convex, smooth, finely striate on the margin, tawny-red ; lamel- 

 lae white ; stem tall, straight, equal, hollow, pruinose-tomentose, radicating, 

 brown or fawn color, white at the top. 



Plant 2'-5' high, pileus 4"-6" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Among fallen leaves in woods. Savannah and Bethlehem. Au- 

 gust and October. 



The long straight slender stem is a characteristic feature of this 

 plant. 



Marasmius glabellus, Peck. 



Pileus membranaceous, convex, then expanded, distantly striate, often 

 uneven on the disk, dingy-ochraceous ; lamellae broad, distant, unequal free, 

 ventricose, whitish, the upper margin and the interspaces venose ; stem corne- 

 ous, equal, smooth, shining, hollow, reddish-brown or chestnut, whitish at the 

 top, with a thick mycelium at the base. 



Plant l'-2' high, pileus 6"-10" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Fallen leaves in Avoods. Worcester and Croghau. July and Sep- 

 tember. 



