62 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
bluish gray at times in dried plants; context with a strong odor; 
lamellae adnate, distant, rather narrow, paler than the pileus; 
spores 7 by 3.5 »; stipe attenuate upward, densely tomentose above, 
strigose below, white or yellowish, 4-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 
Upon dead leaves in woods and Swaps. South eastern part of 
the State. Rare. 
Peck has called New York specimens of this plant M. peron- 
atus (Bolt) Fr. Ellis called this plant M. carneo-pur- 
purens, but does not, however, seem to have published a descrip- 
tion of the species. The purplish pileus and the strigose stipe plainly 
characterize the plant. 
10 Marasmius rubrophyllus Pennington 
North American Flora, v. 9, pt 4, p. 27. 1915 
Pileus subfleshy, tough, broadly convex to nearly plane, often 
slightly depressed, gregarious, 1-4 cm broad; surface dry, smooth, 
reddish brown to dark alutaceous; margin even; lamellae adnexed 
or adnate, moderately close, narrow, reddish, becoming reddish 
brown in dried plants; spores 7 by 3.5 m; stipe firm, even, short, 
reddish brown, uniformly covered with a white down or pruinose 
coat, 2-3 cm long, 1—2.5 mm thick. 
Upon bark or wood, rarely among dead leaves. Rare. 
This species has been called M. peronatus (Bolt.) Fr. in 
some local lists and M. plancus Fr. and M. erythropus 
(Pers.) Fr. in others. 
11 Marasmius caryophylleus (Schaeff.) Schrot. 
Krypt. Fl. Schles., 3:561. 1880. 
Fries, Epicr. Myc. 375. 1838 (As M. oreades (Bolt) Fr.). 
Pileus fleshy, tough, convex, plane or subumbonate, 3-5 cm 
broad; surface white to pale tan or reddish pallescent, glabrous; 
margin at first involute, smooth, even, sometimes reflexed in age or 
in dried plants; context somewhat tough, thick at the disk, whitish, 
the taste pleasant, the odor fragrant; lamellae white, yellowish 
when dry, broad, distant, free; spores 7-9 by 4-5 »; stipe pallid, 
solid, corticate, with a villous, interwoven cuticle, appearing nearly 
smooth or slightly villous-pubescent, 4-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 
Upon lawns and grassy places. Common. 
