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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, 1'-2' high, pileus 6’-9” broad, stem .5” thick. 
On and among fallen twigs and leaves. West Point. June. 
Marasmius wmbonatus, 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, 1'-1.5' high, pileus 6’-9” broad, stem .5” thick. 
Ground under balsam trees. North Elba. July. 
Marasmius caespitosus, 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, 1'-2' high, pileus 6’-10" broad. 
Birch stumps in woods. Richmondvyille, June. 
Marasmius longipes, 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 1'-2' high, pileus 6-10’ broad, stem .5” thick. 
Fallen leaves in woods. Worcester and Croghan. July and Sep- 
tember, 
