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56 Marasmius: albiceps Peck 
Ann.. Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., 43:67. 1800. 
Pileus membranous, convex or campanulate, 5 mm broad; sur- 
face glabrous, white; lamellae adnate or arcuate-decurrent, distant, 
broad, white; spores obovoid, 6-7 by 3-4 p; stipe horny, setiform, 
black, paler at the apex, glabrous, growing from a brown mycelium, 
16-36 mm long. 
Upon dead branches in woods. Rare. In older plants the lamellae 
are strongly decurrent as in Omphalia fibula Fr. 
57 Marasmius straminipes Peck 
Ann. Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., 26:66.. 1874: 
Pileus membranous, hemispheric or convex, 2.5-S mm broad; 
surface glabrous, white, margin striate; lamellae adnexed, distant, 
unequal, white, yellow in drying; spores 7 by 3.5 m; stipe horny, 
filiform, pale straw color, pallid when dry, brownish at the base, 
glabrous, shining, 2.5—5 cm long. 
Upon dead needles of Pinus rigida. Rare. 
58 Marasmius siccus (Schw.) Fries 
Epicr. Myc. 382. 1838. 
Ann. Rep’t N. Y. State Cab., 23:126. 1872 (As Marasmius campan- 
ulatus Peck). 
Bot. Sur: Nebr., 4:20. 1896 (As Marasmius fulviceps Clements). 
Syll. Fung., 14:101. 189 (As Marasmius clementsiannus. Sace: 
& Sydow.). 
Pileus membranous, convex or campanulate, solitary or gregari- 
ous, 6-15 mm broad; surface dry, glabrous, ochraceous, sometimes 
pink, rarely gray in dry plants; margin radiate-sulcate; lamellae 
subfree, narrowed behind, few, distant, broad, white; spores 12-15 
by 6-7 p, sometimes 2c » long; stipe slender, not capillary, tough, 
hollow, blackish brown, glabrous, shining, 2.5-5. cm long, 1-2 mm 
thick. 
Upon dead leaves in woods. Very common. 
There is some variation in the size and color in different collec- 
tions of this species. There is, however, less difference between the 
type: specimens. of M. campanulatus Pk, M.. siceus 
(Schw. ) and M:.. clementsianus. Sacc. and Sydow ( M.. 
fulviceps Clements) than there is between different collections 
of M.campanulatus made by Peck and deposited by him: in 
the New York State Museum. Like many other species. of. Mar- 
asmius, the spores vary in length. It is claimed that mature spores 
