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or white with a pruinose or tomentose coat, firm, rigid, stuffed or 
hollow, 11-14 cm long, 2-3 mm thick. 
Among dead leaves in woods. Rather common. 
This species is closely related to both M. confluens (Pers.) 
Ricken and to M. multifolius, Peck. From the former it 
may be distinguished by its longer, usually twisted stipe which is 
not enlarged at the apex and by the adnexed lamellae. It is not 
usually as densely cespitose as M. confluens. From M. 
multifolius it is distinguished by its longer stipe and the 
pallescent character of the pileus. 
5 Marasmius multifolius Peck 
N. Am. Flora, v. 9, pt 4, p. 270, I9I5 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, convex to plane, 2-3 cm broad; surface 
smooth, not striate, isabelline to pale fulvous, not fading in dry 
plants; lamellae narrow, crowded, adnate, white, changing but little 
in dry plants; spores 6 by 2.5-3 mw; stipe white-villous, firm, stuffed 
or hollow, 4-6 cm long, 2 mm thick. 
Upon dead leaves in woods. Not common. 
This seems to be a fairly distinct species which Peck collected 
several times and which he was apparently ready to publish as a 
new species. It differs from M. confluens (Pers.) Ricken 
in its adnate lamellae and in its not being densely cespitose. 
6 Marasmius fasciatus Pennington 
Ann. Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., 24:76. 1872 (As M. anomalus Peck 
(not M. anomalus Lasch.). 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, broadly convex to nearly plane, often 
subumbonate, densely cespitose, 2-4 cm broad; surface even, gla- 
brous, reddish to tan, fading nearly to white in dried plants; 
lamellae rather close, narrow, adnexed, narrowed behind, white, 
sometimes reddish yellow in dried plants; spores 5-6 by 2.5-3 p; 
stipe cartilaginous, even, hollow, smooth above, bound together 
below by dense white mycelium; reddish to dark red or almost 
black, 3-6 cm long by 2-3 mm thick. 
Upon decayed wood and humus in forest. Not uncommon. 
.The original description of this plant was made from two rather 
immature plants. The description given above has been modified to 
agree with later collections and notes of Peck’s. This is very close 
to European specimens distributed as M. lupuletorum 
(Weimm) Bres. 
