REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI4 
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46 Marasmius: pirinus Ellis 
Torrey Club Bul. 8, p.64. 1881. 
Pileus membranous, heniispheric, slightly umbilicate, minute, 
I-1.5 cm broad; surface sulcate-striate, atomat or spiny. under a 
lens with ovoid, pointed cells, at first pallid, becoming chestnut ; 
lamellae few, distant, white; spores obovoid, 7-8 by 2.5-3 p; 
cystidia oblong-fusoid, narrowed to a point above, 12-13 p long; 
stipe filiform, pallid above, often striate, 6-7 mm long. 
Upon dead leaves of pear trees. Rare. 
47 Marasmius thujinus Peck 
’ N. ¥. State Mus: Bul: 67;. p:26. 1903: 
Pileus: membranous, hemispheric or convex, often subumbilicate, 
2-3 mm broad ; surface subglabrous, minutely pulverulent-tomentose 
under a: lens, cinereous, tinged with lilac; margin distantly striate; 
lamellae adnate, few, distant, white; spores. ellipsoid, pointed 7-8 
by 3-4»; stipe capillary, inserted, pailid, dry, pellucid, glabrous, at 
times slightly brownish or minutely floccose at the base, 12-24 mm 
long, scarcely thicker than a hair. 
Upon dead leaves of Thuja occidentalis. Rare. 
48 Marasmius alliatus (Schaeff.) Schrot. 
Epicr. Myc. 379. 1838 (As Marasmius scorodonius Fries). 
Pileus soft, fleshy, soon expanded, 1-2 cm. broad; surface at first 
even and. rufous, soon becoming smooth, rugulose,, crisped and 
white; context having a strong odor of onions; lamellae adnate, 
crisped, white; spores 6-8 by 3-4; stipe firm, horny, hollow, equal 
or enlarged above, red or reddish brown, glabrous, shining, 2-4, cm 
long, 1-2 mm thick. ; 
Upon decaying vegetable debris in woods. Common. “ Odor of 
skunk cabbage.’ Peck. Although the American plant is considered 
to be the same as the European, there is a constant difference in 
the character of the stipe. In our form the stipe is much firmer and 
more rigid than in the European form: 
49, Marasmius calopus (Pers.) Fries 
Epicr. Myc. 379. 1838. 
Pileus soft, fleshy, convex to plane or depressed, 8-18 mm broad ; 
surface smooth, becoming rugulose, light yellow or white; lamellae 
